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Let’s cast our minds back to Australia during World War II.An Australian Women’s Conference was held in Sydney in November 1943. Delegates came from all over the country, making this possibly the...

A few weeks ago, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that her ministry would take a 20 per cent pay cut as a mark of solidarity with those doing it tough financially during the...

The irony of Trump's anti-quarantine supporters protesting in Handmaid's uniforms, while brandishing slogans such as "my body my choice", surely wins the whacko moment of the week! Does government...

In the topsy turvy world in which we currently live, COVID-19 has forced a massive re-evaluation of what is essential – and what isn’t – in life. In most people’s estimation, childcare would come...

Sometime the vodka goes down too smooth. Then again, it's just an accompaniment to the main course of dope, speed and coke.Of course there is a formula to the ingredients, crucially there is...

The Australian government has promised a $1.1 billion health and domestic violence package to help protect vulnerable Australians during the COVID-19 crisis. But one of the most vulnerable groups of...

In the era of coronavirus, we need an institutionalised gender lens in Parliament more than ever before. Policy decisions are being taken without considering the gender implications – for example,...