Earlier today I spoke at a breakfast event hosted by the Law Society of NSW on the subject of sexual harassment in the law. The panel included human rights barrister Kate Eastman SC, Maurice Blackburn…
‘An equality agenda’: Daniel Andrews announces 50 percent female cabinet
Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews has confirmed his commitment to an “equality agenda” starting with the appointment of three new women and an historic 50 percent female cabinet. New addit…
‘The most powerful thing we have as women, is us’: Linda Burney on life and leadership
Shadow Minister for Human Services and Prevention of Family Violence, Linda Burney knows a thing or two about making it in politics against adversity and inevitably, against the odds. Raised in rural …
‘Parliament is decades out of date & too blokey’: Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A
The former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spent an hour on television on Thursday evening for a special episode of the ABC’s Q&A program. He was calm and confident as he fielded questions o…
An extraordinary year for women as record numbers contest US midterm elections
It was said that 2018 would be the ‘year of women’, and next week’s midterm elections in the United States could be the serious test of just what that means. A record number of women…
Politics in Australia is changing & these women prove it
A definitive result in the Wentworth byelection on Saturday may not be known for a few more days yet but several things about politics in Australia are already evident. It is more than likely that ind…
Dai Le: My unlikely career move into politics, ten years on
Today marks exactly ten years since the Cabramatta by-election in 2008. Ten years since the day I decided to contest a very safe Labor seat – with a 30 per cent margin – for the Liberal Party of NSW. …
A ‘MANdrew problem’: Could Coalition end up with more ‘Andrews’ than women in House of Reps?
The name Andrew is certainly dominant in Australian business positions, but we could soon have a ‘MANdrew’ problem occurring in politics also where men called Andrew start to outnumber wom…
Historic photoshoot of NZ’s 3 female Prime Ministers ‘normalises’ women in leadership
It’s been 125 years since women in New Zealand were granted the right to vote and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has a number of plans in the works in order to celebrate. She’s edited the …
‘It was unfair, frightening & horrific’: Catherine Marriott on having her name leaked by the National Party
If you were looking to understand why speaking out about sexual harassment takes courage Catherine Marriott’s interview with ABC’s 730 host Leigh Sales is instructive. It’s similarly enlightening if y…
