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To say I was angry when I woke to the news of Charlise Mutten’s horrific and avoidable death is an understatement. But only 24 hours after we heard of Charlise’s passing, news breaks of the body of a three month old baby found in a freezer in
read now In 2023, the Australian government is due to report to the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) about how we’re going at ending discrimination against women and girls in Australia. Australia’s last appearance before the Committee was a bit torrid by
read now Lusia Harris, who in 1977 made history by becoming the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team, has died aged 66. Harris’ family released a statement:“We are deeply saddened to share the news that our angel, matriarch, sister, mother, grandmother, Olympic medalist, The Queen
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On Tuesday, Britney Spears’ younger sister Jamie Lynn Spears released her 240-page memoir, ‘Things I Should Have Said’, revealing “misleading or outrageous claims” about Britney, according to Britney’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart. Overnight, Rosengart sent a letter to Jamie Lynn, instructing the 30-year old “cease and desist from
read now IVF procedures are set to resume in Victoria following a short campaign by advocates who implored the state government to reconsider its position. Some services will restart from Thursday, with hospitals enabling procedures from 11.59pm on Tuesday, 25 January. Acting Health Minister James Merlino received advice
read now The COVID pandemic has made living with mental illness even more difficult, and people have had to adapt their normal management strategies to cope, writes Louise Stone, from the Australian National University, in this article republished from The Conversation. For many of us, catching COVID and isolating
read now While thousands of Australians were hit hard by the pandemic, the impacts on women were particularly seismic. Employment rates plummeted and the domestic load increased tenfold. At the peak of the COVID crisis 8 percent of women lost their jobs compared to just 4 percent of men.
read now In the next day, around 69,000 high school graduates in NSW, including my own daughter, will get their HSC results. I don’t need to call out the extremely stressful conditions these students faced to achieve those results. There’s the HSC, then there’s the HSC in the middle
read now The Australian Club in Melbourne will not be changing its rule anytime soon to allow women in as members. On Tuesday afternoon, president Michael Bartlett announced the results of a survey conducted of the club’s 1500 members.The survey apparently failed to produce majority support for a change
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Matildas captain Sam Kerr has been awarded second place for Best Women’s Player of the Year at this year’s Best FIFA Football Awards, also becoming the first Australian player to make the top 3. The Chelsea striker placed runner-up to Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas, with another Spanish midfielder,
read now The 10 richest men in the world doubled their fortunes during the pandemic, a new Oxfam report has found. The report, titled ‘Inequality Kills’, found that the world’s 10 richest men increased their fortunes from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion during the first two years of the
read now Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath has slammed Scott Morrison’s government for an “appalling” and “irresponsible” advertising campaign falsely spruiking free rapid antigen tests. The Commonwealth health department video released early this week claims millions of free RATs are available at state testing clinics despite Queensland not
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