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Women whistleblowers courageously drive accountability in Australia. They deserve protection and recognition.

Women whistleblowers in Australia risk careers and wellbeing to expose wrongdoing, yet face harassment, retaliation, and weak protections.

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One conversation can save lives: Why talking about family cancer history matters

Depression, bullying and the climate crisis: Youngest senator Charlotte Walker’s first speech

Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to advocate for Palestinian children

Barnaby Joyce’s bill to repeal net zero labelled a ‘clown show’

Why we’re hosting a Women’s Health & Wellbeing Summit

Hundreds of thousands rally across Australia in historic pro-Palestine protests

Cutting children from NDIS is not reform, it’s abandonment

Liberal leaders slam ‘right wing campaign groups’ then debate gender ideology motions

Podcast: What the Budget means for women

News & Views

How John Howard ushered in the Liberal Party’s ‘women problem’

New research traces the Liberal Party’s problem with women back to policy shifts made under former Prime Minister John Howard.

News & Views

There is no such thing as ‘soft rape’. There is only rape.

Australians still divide rape into categories: the “real” rape of a stranger in a dark alley, and everything else, which gets downgraded to regret or miscommunication.

Books

Posthumous memoir by sexual abuse advocate Virginia Giuffre to be published this year

A posthumous memoir by Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, will be published later this year.

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Why we’re hosting a Women’s Health & Wellbeing Summit

It’s about positioning women’s health as critical to women’s safety, security, happiness and wellbeing. Join us.

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Hundreds of thousands rally across Australia in historic pro-Palestine protests

Across Australia pro-Palestine protesters took to the streets in some of the largest demonstrations in national history.

News & Views

Cutting children from NDIS is not reform, it’s abandonment

Cutting children with autism from the NDIS abandons families, denies early support, and risks lifelong struggles and harm.

Liberal leaders slam ‘right wing campaign groups’ then debate gender ideology motions

Childcare safety: Phones banned, national worker register to be established

‘It’s just a boob’: World’s first bare chest bra fit guide showcases diverse bodies

I hate the Book Week privilege parade. There, I said it.

Penny Wong joins 20 nations to condemn Israel’s illegal settlement plan in West Bank

How distrust and a fractured media landscape is fuelling anti-rights movements

Women Deliver 2026: A chance for collective action to challenge rising misogyny

Silenced, scraped and underpaid: The cost of creativity in the age of AI

For the love of books? It’s time to dig deeper into the books our kids are reading

‘All rape is violent’: Logic of Bruce Lehrmann’s arguments of appeal questioned in court

Productivity is the buzzword of the week, but we’re not making the most of half the workforce

NSW launches strategy to support and recruit ‘vital’ specialist domestic violence workers

Jackie Trad appointed CEO of the Clean Energy Council

The unseen work transforming lives in Melbourne: Young women’s program turns 10

National Breast Cancer Foundation invests historic $25 million to halve breast cancer deaths

Protest is not the problem, it’s the point

Harrowing stories, but bold ideas and hope ahead for ending domestic violence in South Australia

Business in Colour Awards to spotlight inclusive leadership

Life

‘It’s just a boob’: World’s first bare chest bra fit guide showcases diverse bodies

Climate

Jackie Trad appointed CEO of the Clean Energy Council

Business

Business in Colour Awards to spotlight inclusive leadership

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Podcast: What the Budget means for women

We breakdown the 2025-26 Federal Budget and what it means for women in Australia.

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The 2025 Women’s Health & Wellbeing Summit

26 Aug 25

Following the success of last year’s summit—which featured powerful conversations led by Jan Fran, Grace Tame, and Tanya Hosch—Women’s Agenda is excited to return with an even bigger program this year for our 2025 Women’s Health & Wellbeing summit.

Women whistleblowers courageously drive accountability in Australia. They deserve protection and recognition.

Latest news

One conversation can save lives: Why talking about family cancer history matters

Depression, bullying and the climate crisis: Youngest senator Charlotte Walker’s first speech

Turkish first lady urges Melania Trump to advocate for Palestinian children

Barnaby Joyce’s bill to repeal net zero labelled a ‘clown show’

Why we’re hosting a Women’s Health & Wellbeing Summit

Hundreds of thousands rally across Australia in historic pro-Palestine protests

Cutting children from NDIS is not reform, it’s abandonment

Liberal leaders slam ‘right wing campaign groups’ then debate gender ideology motions

Podcast: What the Budget means for women

How John Howard ushered in the Liberal Party’s ‘women problem’

There is no such thing as ‘soft rape’. There is only rape.

Posthumous memoir by sexual abuse advocate Virginia Giuffre to be published this year

Why we’re hosting a Women’s Health & Wellbeing Summit

Hundreds of thousands rally across Australia in historic pro-Palestine protests

Cutting children from NDIS is not reform, it’s abandonment

Liberal leaders slam ‘right wing campaign groups’ then debate gender ideology motions

Childcare safety: Phones banned, national worker register to be established

‘It’s just a boob’: World’s first bare chest bra fit guide showcases diverse bodies

I hate the Book Week privilege parade. There, I said it.

Penny Wong joins 20 nations to condemn Israel’s illegal settlement plan in West Bank

How distrust and a fractured media landscape is fuelling anti-rights movements

Women Deliver 2026: A chance for collective action to challenge rising misogyny

Silenced, scraped and underpaid: The cost of creativity in the age of AI

For the love of books? It’s time to dig deeper into the books our kids are reading

‘All rape is violent’: Logic of Bruce Lehrmann’s arguments of appeal questioned in court

Productivity is the buzzword of the week, but we’re not making the most of half the workforce

NSW launches strategy to support and recruit ‘vital’ specialist domestic violence workers

Jackie Trad appointed CEO of the Clean Energy Council

The unseen work transforming lives in Melbourne: Young women’s program turns 10

National Breast Cancer Foundation invests historic $25 million to halve breast cancer deaths

Protest is not the problem, it’s the point

Harrowing stories, but bold ideas and hope ahead for ending domestic violence in South Australia

Business in Colour Awards to spotlight inclusive leadership

‘It’s just a boob’: World’s first bare chest bra fit guide showcases diverse bodies

Jackie Trad appointed CEO of the Clean Energy Council

Business in Colour Awards to spotlight inclusive leadership

From our Partners

“It’s a very lonely existence”: Why connection must be part of the domestic violence response

Fertility rewritten: how modern science and women are changing the narrative

Innovation and growth: This is what happens when women in deep tech are given space to succeed as entrepreneurs

Podcast: What the Budget means for women

Events For Women

The 2025 Women’s Health & Wellbeing Summit

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