Ed's Blog Why Tanya Plibersek doesn’t owe it to women lead the Labor party On Monday afternoon the deputy leader of the Labor party, Tanya Plibersek, announced she would not run for the party’s top leadership position.
News & Views A ‘miracle’ for the Coalition but no miracle for women The Coalition’s surprise victory in is no miracle for women, but we’ve found a few bright spots that may be able to help, depending on the final result.
News & Views Knock Down the House: The women who took on the US Congress A new Netflix documentary, Knock Down the House, chronicles Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Paula Jean Swearengin, Amy Vilela and Cori Bush.
News & Views Historic numbers of women running for office but facing the same old sexism & double standards? Historic numbers of women are running for office. To what extent are they facing something very, very old: the same old sexism and double standards?
News & Views Meet Louise Stewart, an Independent vying for Julie Bishop’s former seat Former IT executive, entrepreneur & former chair of Subcontractors WA, Louise Stewart is running as an independent in Julie Bishop’s former seat of Curtin.
News & Views Why women need to be at the frontline of climate change action Climate change is not a belief system. It is real, it is accelerating, and women, children, the elderly and the poor are the most vulnerable.
News & Views Thought we’d moved past blatantly sexualising female politicians? Think again. A video of Advance Australia’s Captain GetUp rubbing up against an image of Independent candidate in Warringah Zali Steggall is circulating.
News & Views Why Zali Steggall is taking on Tony Abbott Former Olympian and barrister Zali Steggall explains why she is taking on Tony Abbott for the seat of Warringah at the upcoming Federal election.
News & Views Why victims of sexual harassment in politics are still forced to suffer in silence Dhanya Mani was the victim of sexual harassment and in this essay she explores why harassment in politics means victims must suffer in silence.
News & Views Penny Wong receives major non-partisan political leadership award Penny Wong has been named the 2018 McKinnon Political Leader of the Year for her leadership &advocacy in promoting tolerance and inclusiveness in Australia.
News & Views New data shows women are still underrepresented in legislatures around the world In 2019, women make up 24% of members of national legislative bodies globally, a number that has risen over the past decade.
News & Views Women’s groups excluded from this year’s Federal Budget lockup Eight community organisations representing women, children & indigenous Australians have been excluded from the Federal Budget lockup in 2019.
