In what is some sweet, sweet vindication and a firm ‘fuck you’ to every Australian media journalist who labelled Prime Minister Gillard’s ‘I will not be lectured by this man’ speech as nothing more than personal abuse, playing the gender card and being calculatingly political, it has come out in that last few days that…
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Earlier this week I attended the launch of The Peach, an online magazine that is all about acceptance, inclusiveness and telling it like it is. The magazine is written by women for women and its content ranges from articles on contemporary issues to more traditional areas such as beauty and fashion. Considering the recent issues…
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The word misogyny has been thrown around a lot this week, and whether or not you’ve been following the issue in Parliament, it’s unlikely that you’ve been able to completely avoid seeing snippets of Julia Gillard’s lengthy dig at Tony Abbott. Like any political outburst it has incited a raucous debate, and everyone seems to…
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Parliament sittings may be Australia’s least favourite afternoon programming, but Julia Gillard’s words in Federal Parliament today have made many search for the footage. This afternoon, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott moved a motion to have Peter Slipper removed as Speaker. The motion was brought by the Opposition Leader after developments in a sexual harassment case…
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Lip readers can relax – Tony Abbott watches Downton Abbey. Maybe you haven’t been kept awake at night worried about Opposition Leader Abbott’s commercial TV preferences or indeed his policies? Even so, it might be worth catching up on the defences that Abbott’s wife, Margie, has put up on his behalf in the last 12…
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Dear Liberal Party of Australia, Wow! What a hectic few days! I imagine you’re feeling as I did in high school, when my friends would find themselves in melodramatic and deliciously juicy situations, and I would relish in the drama because I wasn’t at all involved myself. Such fun! But really, Kevin Rudd’s decision to…
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