Looking back at Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s now famous/infamous “Misogyny Speech” from last year, I am still filled with pride. Here was the Prime Minister of our country speaking up about issues that have, until recently, been swept back under the rug of our apparently post-feminist cultural milieu. Feminist issues have sometimes been understood to…
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Yesterday a menu from a Liberal party function emerged that referenced the Prime Minister in an appallingly derogatory way, dispelling any doubt that Julia Gillard is the victim of sexist abuse. The menu offered diners the option of ‘Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail – Small Breasts, Huge Thighs & A Big Red Box’. The menu…
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Hillary Clinton has finally joined Twitter. The former First Lady and potential 2016 presidential candidate has racked up more than 200,000 followers five hours after unlocking her account and sending her first tweet. Clinton (@HillaryClinton) referenced the ‘texts from Hillary’ meme that to date has been her largest internet presence, in both her Avatar and…
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The Women for Gillard campaign will be launched on Tuesday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempts to reach out to female voters. The independent campaign arm is funded by the Labor party and is modelled on US President Obama’s highly successful Women for Obama operation. According to the Herald Sun, Women for Gillard will seek…
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Minor newsflash: babies need someone to stop work and take care of them when they arrive in the world. Question is, how best to let parents stop that career thing long enough to do this? Paid parental leave schemes have been a key issue in the lead up to the Federal election, in part because…
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Each week “Revision” holds two TV shows up to the light to figure out if they are friends or foes. Politics has always been a murky area of knowledge for me. So naturally, I turn to TV for education. But how much can narrative shows really tell us about the real world? Great shows (The…
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Hazel Hawke has died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, aged 83. While Hawke is predominately associated with her former husband Bob Hawke (longest serving Prime Minister of Australia) she is also being remembered as an advocate for Alzheimer’s and the pro-choice movement, and for her patronage of the arts. The Hazel Hawke Research and Care…
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Well good ol’ K-Rudd is the latest politician to jump on the gay marriage bandwagon and give it his stamp of approval. Pity he’s a few years too late to action it as PM, but I could not be happier! In a post on his blog, he wrote in detail about how his opinion about…
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Wow, what a week! I don’t know about you, but I’m only just beginning to recover from the madness and excitement of this year’s federal budget. As we tear down the streamers and clear the empty bottles, we can start to piece together our patchy memories and reflect on the week’s giddy highlights as well…
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Leading Pakistani political figure Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot and killed outside her home in southern Karachi. She was the senior vice-president of Pakistan’s Movement for Justice Party (PTI). Shahid was shot by gunmen on a motorcycle. ‘The assailants opened fire on Zahra, 60, as soon as she reached the gate of her residence….
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Seven women have been appointed to the 22-member cabinet of Italy’s new left-right coalition government. Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, whose government was sworn in a week ago, appointed women to the high profile positions at the head of the foreign and justice ministries. Female ministers now also head the ministries of health, agriculture, integration,…
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Canada did it; the Netherlands did it; even Portugal, Spain and South Africa did it. New Zealand did it and, more recently, France did it. These countries are on a list of 14 whose governments have legalised what could arguably be one of the most contentious political issues of our times – marriage equality. No…
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Year first woman was elected to Australian Parliament? 1943. Year first female became leader of a state parliament? 1990. Year of first female Prime Minister? 2010. Mind blowing politics facts comin’ at ya! Yep, for most of you reading this, female political leadership is a thing that was only realised in your lifetime. It might…
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A new chew toy for dogs has entered the market in Adelaide called the ‘Droolia Julia’ depicting a caricature of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Since the inception of this toy, opinions about its tastefulness have been divisive. On the one hand, we can take it as a bit of harmless fun. We can take P…
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