When I asked some St Kilda residents who they're going to vote for on Saturday, they reminded me why I love living here. #auspol2022
The polls were wrong! Morrison is a canny politician! These myths gained traction for a reason.
I’ve been writing about the various ways in which the Morrison Government has failed women for too many years. It’s time to do more than just write about it. So, I am starting a political party and running for the Senate. Click here to be a member of my political party As an Independent Senator...
According to "one male liberal" it's only the women in cabinet who might be uncomfortable sitting at a table with a rapist. I actually almost believe that could be true.
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...
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...
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,...
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
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...
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...