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I watched my homeland burn after a ceasefire that failed Lebanon. This wasn’t a “misunderstanding”.

America spent 24 hours doing a victory lap for a ceasefire that no one fully agreed to, no one fully read, and no one had the courage to enforce.

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Pauline Hanson has a long list of enemies. It’s intentional

Pauline Hanson has always identified her “enemy”, whether it be immigrants, Islam or the Voice to Parliament. It’s an intentional decision.

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The ‘anti rights brand of popular politics’ is growing globally, and further threatening gender equality. Can Women Deliver meet the challenge?

Advocates from 185 different countries will soon meet at Women Deliver to confront the current gender equality challenges, including political opportunism.

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We went to sleep wondering if we were about to witness “a whole civilisation dies tonight” and we woke up to a ceasefire announcement.

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Brisbane startup raises $1.5m to commercialise its ovarian cancer detection blood test

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Anne Tonkin’s push to create world first community inclusion metrics for disability sector

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A Moon first for woman, a reminder for humanity: Choose Earth and each other

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Ruth Higgins SC appointed Australia’s first female Solicitor-General

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Sixty years since marriage bar laws were lifted, the male breadwinner model continues

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Invisibility at work doesn’t look the same for every woman. We want to hear from you.

The Australian-led initiative helping women in Tanzania break cycles of poverty

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From today, ‘explaining’ a gender pay gap is no longer enough for large Australian employers

Women-only networking event sued by Trump administration for alleged discrimination against men

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Brisbane startup raises $1.5m to commercialise its ovarian cancer detection blood test

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I watched my homeland burn after a ceasefire that failed Lebanon. This wasn’t a “misunderstanding”.

Latest news

Melania Trump denies ties to Jeffrey Epstein in rare public statement

How Australia’s mining sector locks women out of high‑paying roles

What Pauline Hanson’s popularity tells us about ourselves

Victim survivors risk losing critical legal support as funding dries up

This isn’t geopolitics. It’s coercive control.

Brisbane startup raises $1.5m to commercialise its ovarian cancer detection blood test

Anne Tonkin’s push to create world first community inclusion metrics for disability sector

A man’s ego takes all of us to the brink. ‘A whole civilisation will die’ threat can’t be the new normal

How an International Court judge thinks about hope

Women are getting left behind in AI. This is what we need to do about it.

Pauline Hanson has a long list of enemies. It’s intentional

The ‘anti rights brand of popular politics’ is growing globally, and further threatening gender equality. Can Women Deliver meet the challenge?

This isn’t geopolitics. It’s coercive control.

Brisbane startup raises $1.5m to commercialise its ovarian cancer detection blood test

Anne Tonkin’s push to create world first community inclusion metrics for disability sector

A man’s ego takes all of us to the brink. ‘A whole civilisation will die’ threat can’t be the new normal

People don’t plan to become carers – workplaces should be prepared

Men should buy the family home? The MAFS men who cling to ‘provider’ belief

The Farrer by-election is testing how the community responds to our increasingly divided political landscape

A Moon first for woman, a reminder for humanity: Choose Earth and each other

How to “Lean In” in 2026? Sandberg’s interesting new approach combatting Tradwives

Ruth Higgins SC appointed Australia’s first female Solicitor-General

Women are being retraumatised inside Villawood and nothing is changing

Sixty years since marriage bar laws were lifted, the male breadwinner model continues

Mary Fowler signs massive $10 million deal with Adidas

This AI CEO says taxes needed for coming inequality

Neurodivergence in a world of AI and why celebrating ‘superheroes’ won’t fix workplaces

How I ‘provoked good men’ with one question

Invisibility at work doesn’t look the same for every woman. We want to hear from you.

The Australian-led initiative helping women in Tanzania break cycles of poverty

From today, ‘explaining’ a gender pay gap is no longer enough for large Australian employers

Women-only networking event sued by Trump administration for alleged discrimination against men

Atrocities against women in Sudan reveal systemic abuse amidst war

Brisbane startup raises $1.5m to commercialise its ovarian cancer detection blood test

How to “Lean In” in 2026? Sandberg’s interesting new approach combatting Tradwives

Sixty years since marriage bar laws were lifted, the male breadwinner model continues

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People don’t plan to become carers – workplaces should be prepared

60,000 years on a plate: Sharon Winsor is building a First Nations food revolution

Meet Nikki Meller, the nurse-turned-entrepreneur pushing for women’s equality in AI

How an International Court judge thinks about hope

Events For Women

Women UNLIMITED Leadership Summit

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