This Month
EV tax should be part of road funding revamp
Readers’ letters on taxes for electric vehicles, Grace Tame’s protest against Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump’s US presidency and co-ownership of property.
‘I clearly disagree’: Albanese criticises Grace Tame T-shirt
The activist and former Australian of the Year wore a T-shirt with the slogan “F--- Murdoch” at an official reception at The Lodge.
- Tom McIlroy
PM calls Grace Tame’s T-shirt stunt ‘disrespectful’
Anthony Albanese says he disagrees with the T-shirt Tame wore at the Australia Day event; Russian troops capture strategic town in eastern Ukraine. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
Grace Tame’s t-shirt stunt; Banker games at the AO men’s final; How AI may hurt big tech
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
October 2023
Albanese cries over Voice to parliament chance
Anthony Albanese broke down during a ceremony with traditional owners at Uluru on Tuesday.
- Tom McIlroy
May 2023
Bruce Lehrmann settles defamation case with News Corp
News Corp Australia has made a contribution to Bruce Lehrmann’s legal fees but is not required to apologise or correct any articles.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May 2022
- Opinion
- Federal election
Why women are Morrison’s weakest political link
National polls are tightening but the level of female antagonism to Scott Morrison as Prime Minister is a drag on the Coalition’s ability to fight back.
- Jennifer Hewett
April 2022
The trailblazer standing behind Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins
Behind the scenes, veteran businesswoman Wendy McCarthy is supporting younger generations of feminist icons – a role that she takes seriously.
- Sally Patten
February 2022
Chanel Contos intended to get only three schools to teach consent
Just over a year ago, she was living the life of a grad student in London. Now, she is on most politicians’ VIP lists, including the Prime Minister’s.
- Lisa Murray
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Salvo across misogynist bows
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins, Afghan assets, ACCC cartel case, religious discrimination bill, federal elections, Yellow Pages, public health and education.
- Opinion
- Federal election
Tame and Higgins give Morrison both barrels
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins took combined aim at the Morrison government, and the Prime Minister knows he can’t afford a hint of criticism in his response.
- Jennifer Hewett
Tame, Higgins take aim at PM, demand change
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins both argued for the full implementation of the 28 recommendations in a report by Kate Jenkins into sexual harassment.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Federal election
Morrison fights to keep his balance
The Prime Minister is determined to wedge Labor without wedging himself on religious discrimination – but there are plenty of tripwires in this last sitting before the election.
- Jennifer Hewett
January 2022
- Opinion
- Federal election
Scott Morrison is a collision between image and reality
The Prime Minister relies on a series of carefully crafted images. But when they get blurred, there is no core message to fall back upon.
- Laura Tingle
- Opinion
- MeToo movement
Grace Tame’s year as an angry young woman
The 2021 Australian of the Year represents a generational baton-change for the women’s movement, in which neither generation really gets the other.
- Pru Goward
Dylan Alcott named Australian of the Year
The tennis champion and golden slam winner is the first person with a disability to receive the national honour in its 62-year history.
- Tom McIlroy
December 2021
2021 was the year women roared
Poor behaviour towards women is nothing new, but there has been a far greater willingness over the past 12 months for women to speak out.
- Sally Patten
October 2021
- Opinion
- Federal politics
Let’s talk about the other national plan the PM released this week
The federal government’s plan to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse seems very long on “stopping” the abuse but very short on “supporting” those who have been abused.
- Laura Tingle
September 2021
The 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia in 2021
Heading the list is Grace Tame, who has been through hell, rebuilt herself in its wake and is now calling those who enabled that hell to account.
- Brook Turner
Law Council takes aim at Cash over human rights pick
The peak body for lawyers says there should have been an open process to choose the Human Rights Commissioner.
- Michael Pelly