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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 ...  
Orwell and the PPL: The mothers who miss out

All babies are born equal, but some are more equal than others, writes Bob Ellis.  
Clive and Credlin: Mainstream media finally spots some sexism

The Coalition and mainstream media have blasted Clive Palmer over his stupid and sexist comments ...  
Tony Abbott's war on unions

Tony Abbott should end his cynical ideological war on unions and instead find a way to stop ...  
Getting mothers back to work

The difficulty for mothers to return to work is an enormous economic problem, says Tom Rundle, who ...  
Open letter to Cory Bernardi and Paul Sheehan from a single mother

Julie Boyd writes an open letter to Cory Bernardi and Paul Sheehan, regarding their recent harsh ...  
Children at play: The war on pink

There is a resurgence in response to the wash of pink aisles for little girls, by those who object ...  
Tony Abbott: university bigot and bully — and still one today

A leading barrister has confirmed Barbara Ramjan's claim about Tony Abbott's violence, aggression ...  
Drug test the judiciary

  That our judiciary may arbitrarily declare violence perpetrated against sex workers is ...  
And then there were none: Inside Tony Abbott’s new menistry

The problem isn’t so much that there is only one woman in Tony Abbott's cabinet, says Sarah ...  
Tony Abbott's old boys' club

Tony Abbott, with his men only cabinet, and honorary male Julie Bishop, with her spurious travel ...  
Tony Abbott brings back the boys' way

The Australian Federal election brought to the fore Australia's particular brand of thoughtless ...  
Abbott should judge women on merit not sex appeal

  Abbott’s sex appeal comment was no gaffe, writes Dr Benjamin Thomas Jones, but expresses a ...  
The contemptible foes of an Australian adornment

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was an adornment to Australian politics and did not deserve ...  
Julia Gillard — trial by gender

The media lens is a microscope, 1,000 times more scrutinising of women than of men, writes Bruce ...  
Australia's cave-man conservatives

The astounding attacks by the Coalition and their supporters on our female prime minister signals ...  

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