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Category: Power
Placing family violence survivors at the centre
In a brand new podcast called "There’s No Place Like Home", produced by Future Women, survivors are placed at the centre of the story. Ten brave Australians speak candidly about abuse they’ve...
The childhood trauma that devastated my friend, Kate
This is an edited extract from Jo Dyer’s Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics, released this month as part of Monash University Publishing’s In the National Interest series. In...
Civility policing: So what if activists cause discomfort?
The Governor of Florida, Republican Ron DeSantis, is reportedly pushing for a bill that would make it unlawful for schools and workplaces to make people feel uncomfortable when providing instruction...
“In front of our eyes, they beat my sister”
Over summer, BroadAgenda is republishing some of its most popular articles. This compelling piece was first posted earlier this year. Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of...
I’m a Facebook jailbird: the system is sexist
Content notification: This post contains discussion of and examples of online abuse and commentary some people might find offensive. It is published here in the interest of genuinely and openly...
The ecosystems of Parliament need urgent change
With a Christmas tree behind him the Prime Minister unwrapped a recycled theme years in the making and painful in its unpacking — the findings of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkin’s...
Will the Jenkins review fix parliament’s toxic culture?
In the wake of Brittany Higgins’ shocking allegations about being raped in a ministers’ office by a colleague, Prime Minister Scott Morrison initiated multiple inquiries. Arguably, the most...
When misogynist cyberhate turns you into international news
QAnon is a far-right conspiracy movement, which revolves around false claims made by anonymous individuals, much of it online. In this edited excerpt of her new book ‘QAnon and On’ Van Badham...