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Matildas bow out of World Cup with Ashes back on the line

The valiant Matildas' run ended at the women's soccer World Cup, while Australia's cricketers ...  
Girls! For f***'s sake, why do we give a f***?

There is a lot of pressure, from all sides, on women to conform to expectations. Kerry Cue doesn't ...  
Cocky Fred Nile and women's right to choose

Fred Nile wants to bring in a law to make every woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy be forced ...  
IA sport: Catch the Fever

Netball catches Lachlan Barker's eye as he patrols the activities of the sporting world, partic ...  
First Nations women speak out about Treaty at Redfern (Friday 21/3/15)

Natalie Cromb, along with other prominent First Nations women, including Rosalie Kunoth-Monks ...  
India's Daughter - how ban on rape film backfired

India’s decision to ban the BBC documentary on the infamous 2012 Delhi gang rape has sparked a ...  
Hey, Mr Minister for Women — I am Woman, hear me roar

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's glee at mocking and sidelining women on International Women's Day ...  
Matildas suffer British soldiers' sexist abuse in Cyprus

Australia's male cricketers win a high scoring match against Sri Lanka in the World Cup, while our ...  
Walk in her bowling spikes

The Walk in Her Shoes challenge is about to start, while the biggest challenge confronting Aust ...  
Inside Tony Abbott's new menistry

Sarah Brasch takes some time out from refining her household budget to analyse Tony Abbott's new ...  
Divorce for Christmas

I’m all for marriage equality, writes RJ Gosling, but I’d much prefer to kick start the end of ...  
Canberra and Australia win — but women’s sport and health fans lose

It was a win for Canberra United in the W-League, but a loss for televised women's sport and while ...  
Indigenous women behind bars: Persecuted by the system

The treatment of criminalised women and girls in Australian prisons is deteriorating rapidly, but ...  
It's raining men: Julie Bishop in the power zone

As Tony Abbott sinks further into the mire of his own unpopularity, some desperate rightwingers ...  
Open Letter to Antony Loewenstein from the women he disappeared

Progressive journalist Antony Loewenstein believes liberal feminism has let women down. Gaye ...  
Diamonds, Opals and the night NRL grand final

Lachlan Barker reviews international action in netball and women's basketball and looks forward to ...  
Fawning Abbott and the honour of Shinzō Abe

Tony Abbott caused outrage by lauding the war honour of the Japanese military when Shinzō Abe was ...  
The Liberals, Kevin Andrews and the anti-gay, pro-life activists

Now the Australian Tea Party have turned back the clock by reversing Australia's stand on climate ...  

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