A photo told the story. Scott Morrison went to the footie on Saturday March 27. His team lost, so he entered the winner’s dressing room to a raucous, ‘Skull one, Scotty’ welcome. The only woman present, scientist Tahleya Eggers, stood tall, arms folded, and death-stared his back. After the photo went viral, she tweeted the next […]
#EnoughIsEnough, going to Canberra from Sydney for #March4Justice: @pedanticlamb comments
March 13, 2021
I will go to Canberra for this march on Monday organised by Women for Justice. My FB friend and esteemed author Robert Macklin today drew attention to this brilliant intro to an op-ed in the New York Times about Oprah’s sitdown with the Sussexes: ‘A recent interview you may have heard about revealed that the […]
Part 13 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol
July 7, 2016
The final act in the Australian election campaign for 2016.
Part 3 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol
May 18, 2016
Rolling coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016. Table of contents Jump to comments section. Mathias knew nothing. What Mitch knew. Send in the cops. Medicare thaw. They took our jobs and growth. . (May 22, 2016) Day 15 – Mathias knew nothing Senator Mathias Cormann didn’t know about the raids Senator Mathias Cormann has […]
International human rights body tells @TonyAbbottMHR #IStandWithGillianTriggs. @Jansant reports
February 25, 2015
The International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) has written (full text below) to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (@TonyAbbottMHR), expressing “grave concern” about recent Government attacks on the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Gillian Triggs (@GillianTriggs). The letter was carbon copied to the […]
Lessons from Ireland for our sex abuse inquiries
May 28, 2013
by Joan Evatt May 28, 2013 I don’t buy magazines. Like many others the only time I get to read magazines is when I’m sitting in a waiting room. It is interesting to note the class system in magazines. Waiting at a dentist’s, or doctor’s surgery I catch up with what Brad and Angelina or something […]
The politics of ending violence against women
May 24, 2013
By Sarah Capper Sheilas editor May 24, 2013 A couple of months ago, I took a cab ride into Melbourne city. The conversation moved to what job I had – and when I mentioned the Victorian Women’s Trust, the young male cab driver looked a bit perplexed. I explained that the Trust funds projects addressing […]
Nancy Cato’s hopes for the Royal Commission into Institutional sexual abuse of children
April 29, 2013
By Nancy Cato April 29, 2013 This is my final attempt to face my demons, or at least some of them. It’s only taken 37 years. In 1976 as a young mother with a newborn babe – my third child – I read a story of a shocking case of Child Abuse; it told of […]
