Opinion
Gender equality
We must stop wilfully condemning single mothers to a life of poverty
While our tax rules subsidise obscene accumulations of wealth through superannuation, unemployed single mums and their children are forced to live on a pittance.
- by Anne Summers
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Domestic violence
Too many Australian women are forced to make an intolerable choice
A deep dive into the statistics around domestic violence revealed the shocking reality about the consequences for women deciding whether to leave violent relationships.
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
Mass shooting
Fox and its white supremacists in suits give succour to mass killers
As broadcasters spout racist theories, Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are under pressure to stop their “reckless amplification in the wake of the Buffalo massacre.
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
US politics
Republicans won’t stop relentless campaign until abortion is banned nationwide
The draft Supreme Court decision hands conservatives the mechanism to curtail abortion rights across the US.
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
Domestic violence
Lethal lovers: National strategy needed to end domestic homicides
Two new reports have shed more light on why women continue to be murdered by their male partners. We need a serious national plan to prevent future killings.
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
Political leadership
Century began with so much promise but it’s already lost its lustre
Almost a quarter-way through the 21st century, one has to ask: were we justified in striding into the New Millennium, as I did, with exuberance and optimism?
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Australia’s march of folly has smashed my trust in government
I admired the way Australia was managing to contain the pandemic, but then everything changed.
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
Gender
I see no sign that ‘ugly Australia’ has learnt from its treatment of Gillard
The misogyny that hounded the nation’s first female prime minister is laid bare in a documentary, but little seems to have changed.
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
Herald turns 190
Don’t look back: the year the world was finally wowed by our culture
In 1973 our artists had begun establishing an Australian identity. Patrick White won the Nobel Prize for Literature and the world gasped at our Opera House.
- by Anne Summers
Opinion
Workplace culture
Anne Ruston’s new job is a rebranding of her old job, but the time for political tricks is over
A string of Coalition ministers, including Scott Morrison, have done little to act on the national plan to tackle violence against women.
- by Anne Summers
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US election
History has its eyes on the two most famous spouses in America
Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg are breaking tradition and forging new ways for couples to occupy public life.
- by Anne Summers
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