10.8% of all Australians identified as carers in the 2018 Australian Census. That is approximately 2.65 million people! And yet, Erin–who was a Disability Support Worker for five years and is a...
Category: Gender
The 2023 Budget: here’s the gender scrutiny
The National Foundation for Australian Women is an independent feminist organisation that carries a voice outside of party politics. As part of their advocacy work, NFAW publishes a Gender Lens...
Stan Grant shows up a lack of media diversity
Stan Grant, host of ABC’s Q+A, announced last Friday that he would be stepping away from his role for an unspecified period. Grant cited a need to take ‘a break from the media’ after receiving...
‘Optimistic we will pull ourselves back from the brink’
In her book new book, Man-Made, Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer asks the hard quesitons about how AI will change our lives. What’s the point in agitating to change the present, if...
Happy Mother’s Day! A women-friendly budget
I never intended to be a single mum. Indeed, when I turned 38 and had notched up 10 years without a partner, I investigated having a baby by myself and very quickly decided not to. It wasn’t the...
Mothers in higher ed, research need more support
When I was doing my PhD research in Germany, the WZB - a social science research institute in Berlin - had a family room dedicated for after-hours childcare with an educator. While I was taking...
Pacific Feminist Forum: a growing movement for change
The 3rd Pacific Feminist Forum will be held in Fiji from 8- 10 May 2023. It is described by the organisers as "a platform for Pacific feminists to come together and share their experiences and...
How schoolyards became boy yards
Many things mark the transition from primary to high school. New uniforms, larger canteens, different classroom structures and changing friendship groups are but a few of the many rites of passage...
Whitlam’s revolution and why it matters now
This is a slightly revised version of a vote of thanks given after a panel to launch of the 'Women and Whitlam' book with contributors, Elizabeth Reid, Marie Coleman and Blair Williams in...