It’s hard to know where to start when trying to wrap this week. I’m not sure what is causing me most heartache. Politics, thuggery or insult.Early in the week it was the putrid stench of male ego,...
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Landmark US Court decision: what it means for LGBT employment
In a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that gay men, lesbian women, bisexual individuals and transgender people – individuals whose sex assigned at birth does not match their current...
Is the US bullying the UN to dump sexual & reproductive rights?
Unless you are a multilateral gender nerd like me you may not know that 2020 is the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 – or the Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda. This is...
50 shades of excuse: Why sex and power should never be confused
Apart, sex and power are topics of endless human fascination.Together, like nitroglycerine, they can be explosive.Frighteningly, together, they now seem to be the new defence against rape and...
BroadAgenda Wraps the Week: Childcare catastrophe and JA’s ‘little dance’
Just what sort of tin ear does this government have? Monday’s announcement by Education Minister Dan Tehan that childcare fees were to be reintroduced sooner than expected and childcare workers are...
The road to Gilead: How the PM is herding women back to their homes
Prime Minister Scott Morrison earns a six-figure income and lives in high end, non-meanstested public housing with a stay-at-home spouse who cares for the family’s two school-aged children. He will...
Meeting Ann Pettifor, the girl who told the emperor he had no clothes
As we move out of the crisis phase of the COVID pandemic, tensions rise over the termination of the Federal Government’s $259 billion stimulus package. The announcement on 22 May of a massive...
If it’s not my body, is it still my choice?
As a young woman with a smartphone and multiple social media accounts, I’ve always thought very deeply about what images I’m posting and who I share them with. I’m not alone; the fear of revenge...
Will reform of skills sector benefit women? Probably not.
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has singled out industrial relations and the vocational education and training (VET) system as a key components in his JobMaker plan to rebuild the Australian...