Anne Summers has been out in front as long as any of us can remember, tackling the big issues of our time. She has covered so much ground it has been hard to keep up, so it’s a boon to have this new...
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Whose womb is it, anyway?
For the past two decades Australians have been exposed to recycled cliches borrowed usually from US right wing activists, from ‘political correctness’, and ‘identity politics’ and more recently...
Beyond the headcount: Diversity in diplomacy
The face a nation portrays to the outside world is often through its diplomats. Yet which diplomats are holding positions of leadership in international affairs? Do they reflect the makeup of their...
Leading out front: HE Menna Rawlings CMG British High Commissioner
Women in diplomacy – Look how far we’ve come!
Dancing through the dissonance: The body politic in 2019
With all the recent brouhaha around the video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing in her college days, one could be forgiven for thinking that we've woken up in the 1984 box office hit Footloose....
Happy 80th Birthday, Germaine Greer!
On 29 January 2019, Germaine Greer turned 80. Greer has an intellectual energy that exceeds age. As a highly renowned Australian second wave feminist, she stands out for her longevity and relevance...
2019 – It’s time!
Late last year the World Economic Forum released its Global Gender Gap report for 2018, and it’s not good news for Australia. Yet again, we’ve slid backwards on the global scale, now ranking 39 out...
