women in politics

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is stepping down from her role in the Trump administration after a turbulent tenure.

Ensuring equal representation of men & women in Labor’s leadership team has been the first order of business for Anthony Albanese.

Gender equality is still light years away. So why are women still struggling to make gains in our parliament and what does this say about our democracy?

Seven women will serve in the new look Morrison Cabinet with Marise Payne named the new Minister for Women and Sussan Ley returning to the front bench.

Kristine Ziwica says that while she doesn’t think Tanya Plibersek owes it to women to lead the Labor party, she couldn’t help but mourn what might have been

Former Liberal MP Julia Banks is leaving politics and has called out the “tribalism and toxic culture” in the Liberal party and politics.

The Sunshine Coast Daily was forced to apologise to its readers for picturing QLD premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in crosshairs on its front page.

Last week in the US, a group of 25 white, male Republican senators voted to pass anti-abortion laws in Alabama restricting abortion in all cases.

Here are some of the key women who have won (or are likely to win) seats across Australia and will be entering federal parliament for the first time.

Not one woman featured in top ten most quoted politicians in digital & print articles. This near invisibility of women in politics is problematic.

On Monday afternoon the deputy leader of the Labor party, Tanya Plibersek, announced she would not run for the party’s top leadership position.

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.