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The Australian Government announced in the Women’s Budget Statement 2021-22 a targeted review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012. On Wednesday 20 October 2021, the Minister for Women published a media release to announce the start of public consultation on the WGEA Review consultation. The WGEA Review Team, based in the Department of the […]

Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey Recently, former High Court chief justice,  Sir Gerard Brennan condemned the Christmas Island detention and treatment of the children of a Tamil family, 3 year old Tharunicaa and 5 year old Kopika, as “deliberate cruelty.” Tharunicaa was medically evacuated to a Perth hospital on 6 June 2021 for treatment and was diagnosed

Louise Milligan is an investigative reporter for ABC TV’s Four Corners and the bestselling author of Cardinal, which won the Walkley Book Award and broke massive international news about the court case and successive and ultimately successful appeals involving one of the most senior members of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Among many awards for her work, she’s also

In the lead up to Budget 2020-21, there were many constructive calls for a gender responsive budget with Covid19 worsening gender inequality. Over 100 organisations committed to gender equity and women across Victoria made a joint statement calling for State and Federal Governments to recognise the gendered impacts of COVID-19.  In his 2020-21 Budget speech

We at ACLW mourn and grieve the tragic loss of Sue Salthouse, Sue was an Ambassador of ACLW from 2016 onwards. Sue was a strong leader, feminist, champion & change agent in the disability movement. She was a remarkable Ambassador of ACLW, advocating for marginalised women. Sue was relentlessly passionate, committed and incredibly innovative in

Australian-first legislation to see gender equality targets mandated in Victorian public sector On 26 November 2019 the Australian-first Gender Equality Bill was introduced into the Victorian Parliament making once-in-a-generation reforms to ensure gender equality is non-negotiable. The Gender Equality Bill will mean public service organisations, universities and local councils will be required by law to publicly report on their progress

This Re-cap of the Asia-Pacific Beijing+25 Regional Review Meeting is by Romy Listo from Equality Rights Alliance.  Romy Listo is the Project Coordinator at Equality Rights Alliance. She has an advocacy and practice background in sexuality education, including as a former member of ERA’s Young Women’s Advisory Group. Romy is also a PhD candidate at the University

Election Day is your chance to vote for a party that will act to fix the broken housing system. The National Everybody’s Home campaign has urged all candidates not to ignore the nearly one million Australian households experiencing rent stress or homelessness. Campaign spokesperson Kate Colvin said the home- buyers deposit guarantee that is the

Women’s votes count in the 2019 Federal Election. The Women’s Electoral Lobby has outlined what the Coalition, Labor and Greens are promising for women in relation to 12 key priorities. Eliminating violence against women Women’s health An equitable taxation system Social services Vocational education and training Affordable housing Rights and protections for women living with

Associate Professor Clare Wright In her new book, You Daughters of Freedom, historian Associate Professor Clare Wright brings to life a time when Australian democracy was the standard bearer for progress and the envy of the world. For the ten years from 1902, when Australia’s feminist activists won the vote for white women, the world

Will the Liberal Party ever be led by a Woman? Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey It is hard to not believe that gender was a dominant factor in Julie Bishop losing the leadership ballot after Malcolm Turnbull called a spill on Friday 24 August 2018. This is due to the Coalition Parliamentarians ignoring glaringly obvious advantages that

Shifts in Ideologies Matter, Beyond a Political Party’s Identity Dr Diann Rodgers-Healey The sudden painful political annihilation of Malcolm Turnbull, former Prime Minister and Leader of the Liberal Party has begged the question, what was it all about? Several different narratives are now trying to make sense of the debacle. The dominant narrative is that