The Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith is coming under attack from his department, from ex-military (all men), from various commentators and from the federal Opposition – all because of his principled stand in defence of a female cadet at the Australian Defence Force Academy who was sexually abused. It is a shocking spectacle. Read my [...]
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Prime Minister Gillard faces a ballot in her party room tomorrow (February 27) to retain her leadership of the ALP and her job as leader of the country. In my article in today’s newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne (the Sunday Age and the Sun-Herald) I examine the relentless slurs against her because of her gender. [...] My column today in Sydney Morning Herald on how the gambling industry forced Prime Minister Gillard’s hand on the poker machine reform in a campaign involving Karl Bitar, the former national secretary of the ALP, and formerly one of Gillard’s closest advisors. Read the article My column in today’s Sydney Morning Herald examines an anomaly in the student loan system that enables well-off graduates to avoid repaying their debt. Read the article
My latest article in the Sydney Morning Herald looks at how Julia Gillard’s assets are not being conveyed to the voting public. Read the article My latest article in The Monthly looks at women already fighting on the front line. Read article |
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