Article: Should Gladys Berejiklian be steeling herself for an onslaught of sexism?

Posted on January 23, 2017July 5, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

It’s very early days yet, but it’s going to be interesting to see how the rampant misogyny that dogged so many female politicians will play out with a Liberal premier. Will she be marked as “unfit for leadership” because she’s “deliberately barren”, as Senator Bill Heffernan said of Julia Gillard? Read the full article on […]... Read More

Article: Where is all our money going? How politicians are really spending our cash

Posted on January 19, 2017July 5, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

GOVERNMENT ministers rorting travel claims have dominated the news over the last few weeks, but the real story is not in embarrassing individual cases of wrongdoing. Delving into data provided by the Department of Finance, news.com.au found parliamentarians claimed over $500 million in expenses between January 2011 and December 2015. That’s more than half a […]... Read More

Trump is not the problem, white entitlement is what gave him the presidency

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Jane Gilmore

News websites today are full of pictures of white women crying. Clinton was defeated and it feels like another act of hatred, committed by men against women. But it isn’t. More white women voted for Trump than Clinton. Trump, a man accused of rape, multiple counts of sexual assault, a man who routinely demeans women, […]... Read More

Abortion doesn’t cause breast cancer and the church doesn’t define marriage

Posted on October 19, 2016July 5, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

Two articles in one day on the damage organised lobbying by Christian groups do to a secular society The Christian lobby is now trying to convince women that abortion causes breast cancer The logic fail of Christian objections to marriage equality ... Read More

If I am dead when you’re reading this, medicare killed me

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jane Gilmore

If I am dead next week, someone get in touch with Malcolm Turnbull, tell him that Medicare killed me and that I will be coming back to haunt him. A couple of weeks ago I had a cold, like everyone else in Melbourne. No big deal, hot tea and bed for a few days and […]... Read More

Daily Life: We are the silent beneficiaries of atrocity

Posted on June 21, 2015July 5, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

We are the silent beneficiaries of atrocity. That’s a terribly shameful thing to acknowledge and an almost impossible thing to rectify, but turning away from it is not the answer. It’s not going to kill any white people if we do acknowledge our shame, but it is definitely going to kill more Aboriginal people if […]... Read More

Junkee – How Malevolent Buffoonery Became The New Normal Of Australian Leadership

Posted on June 15, 2015July 5, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

It’s been a while since I’ve written about politics. I wish I could say I missed it, but Australian politics is so irredeemably stupid that the piece ended up far darker than I expected. There’s some pretty good lines in it though. My first piece for Junkee... Read More

Eleventy Joe and the IPA

Posted on March 31, 2015April 5, 2015 by Jane Gilmore

So. Wow. A morning with the IPA crowd. Yes, this morning I went to listen to Eleventy give a speech about Australia’s Future Prosperity. I really didn’t go (just) to sneer. I was genuinely curious to know more about what Hockey thinks are the solutions to the fiscal challenges of Australia’s future. And, despite a […]... Read More

The Hoopla: Tony Abbott has learned a new word!

Posted on February 11, 2015July 5, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

Intergenerational theft! Like most of what he says, he doesn’t really understand it, and it has very little meaning anyway. My article on Tony’s new buzzword... Read More

The Hoopla: leadership – Hitting the reset button

Posted on December 17, 2014July 5, 2017 by Jane Gilmore

Peta Credlin is the only Chief of Staff we’ve ever really heard much about. Because too many political journalists still can’t bring themselves to recognise that Tony Abbott is a terrible Prime Minister. My article on leadership and how Abbott can’t do it.... Read More

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