White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is stepping down from her role in the Trump administration. Trump announced her resignation via Twitter this morning. After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah H…
Labor’s new leadership team & men ‘making way’ for women
Ensuring equal representation of men and women in his leadership team has been the first order of business for the newly appointed leader of the Labor party, Anthony Albanese. Wanting Senator Kristina…
Gender equality in parliament is still light years away…but why is that so?
Australia could once count itself among the vanguard of women’s rights reform, being the first country in the world to grant (some) women the dual rights of voting and standing for parliament in 1902.…
Scott Morrison names new Cabinet with seven women
Seven women will serve in the new look Morrison Cabinet with Marise Payne named the new Minister for Women, while retaining the foreign affairs portfolio, and Sussan Ley returning to the front bench. …
‘I understand Tanya Plibersek’s decision, I do. But I also mourn what could have been.’
Every now and again, things cross your radar screen around the same time prompting you to think about something in a slightly new way, even prompting something of an epiphany. And so it was for me thi…
‘Tribalism and toxic culture’: Julia Banks calls out Liberal party (again)
Former Liberal MP turned independent candidate Julia Banks is leaving politics after missing out on the Victorian seat of Flinders at the election over the weekend. She received 14.43 per cent of the …
Queensland paper backtracks after using violent imagery to depict Annastacia Palaszczuk
The Sunshine Coast Daily was forced to apologise to its readers for picturing Annastacia Palaszczuk in crosshairs on its front page, next to the headline “Anna, you’re next”. It’s not enough, wr…
Our silencing of women politicians should have prepared us for Alabama’s backflip on abortion laws
Australian female politicians barely registered in media coverage of the recent election campaign. In fact, data released by Streem shows that ‘of the top ten most quoted politicians in digital and pr…
Here are the women entering federal parliament for the first time in 2019
After the federal election and with a few seats still undecided, women are expected to take at least 81 of the 227 seats across both houses of the new Australian parliament. These women will make up a…
Women in politics need visibility and voice not just votes
Tamsin Simounds & Amy Chandler As Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s feet come down to earth after his ‘miraculous’ win, he now begins the process of reshuffling his front bench. Based on the fact t…
