The paradox of our Prime Minister

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

Women in combat in the Australian Defence Forces

My latest article in The Monthly looks at women already fighting on the front line.  Read article

Cracking the perspex ceiling

Time we had this discussion.  Read article

Australian Women on the Verge

My Keynote Address to the National Labor Women’s Conference in Brisbane on May 14 in which I celebrate Labor’s success in women’s political leadership but call on the government to take urgent action to improve women’s workforce participation by addressing equality in employment via the EOWA legislation, and to radically reform childcare. Nat Labor [...]

Finally…

COAG meeting, Canberra 13 February 2011. L to R: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally, Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Why do we judge female politicians so harshly?

Read my latest article on the double-standard that is applied to women in politics, especially to their marital and maternal status and everything about their appearance from their hair styles to the way they wave their hands

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