A gendered perspective on foreign affairs
Women’s leadership is essential for their empowerment, human rights, peace and stability. Women across the globe play a critical leadership role in resisting conflict and building peace. When women are …
Young, casual workers exploited
A new report from the Australia Institute found that employers are stealing more hours from their workers than ever. The average employee now provides eight full-time weeks of free work per year, …
Missing Gladys already
Premier Berejiklian has stepped down while the investigation by ICAC takes place into the seedy behaviour of her erstwhile manfriend, Daryl Maguire. She should not have indulged him but we …
Respect@Work and the summit
Some men don’t just think they own women. On average men kill one woman every week and many more men hurt and terrorise women.
On this day…. Janine Haines
On 18 August 1986, Janine Haines became the leader of the Australian Democrats and Australia’s first female party leader. Janine Carter, later Haines, was born in Tanunda, South Australia, on …
Super scandal
Now we have the figures. In 2020 >3 million people withdrew $36.4 billion from their superannuation accounts. No doubt it was a popular life-saver for almost ten per cent of …
Case against the ABC averted but problem not solved
Christian Porter has ended his defamation case against Louise Milligan and the ABC. It seems that both sides are claiming the agreed statement as a victory and, since the ABC …
$1.7 billion childcare spend but is it as good as it seems?
Researchers at the Grattan Institute say this will help some families but not improve affordability for most and, as always, it’s complicated. The $1.7 billion is over three years – a 6% …
Holgate: A gender issue? Absolutely.
Bullied out of her job, humiliated and unlawfully stood down, Christine Holdgate deserves justice. As everyone knows, Scott Morrison directed that she stand down – one of the most public, …
Feminist Foreign Affairs
Why we need a feminist foreign policy Australia is still a long way from having equal representation in the Parliament and this matters because the evidence shows that increased female …