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Anne Summers is an author and columnist.

We must stop wilfully condemning single mothers to a life of poverty

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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Too many Australian women are forced to make an intolerable choice

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
Fox and its white supremacists in suits give succour to mass killers

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
Republicans won’t stop relentless campaign until abortion is banned nationwide

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
Lethal lovers: National strategy needed to end domestic homicides

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
Century began with so much promise but it’s already lost its lustre

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
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Australia’s march of folly has smashed my trust in government

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
I see no sign that ‘ugly Australia’ has learnt from its treatment of Gillard
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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
Don’t look back: the year the world was finally wowed by our culture

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
Anne Ruston’s new job is a rebranding of her old job, but the time for political tricks is over

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
History has its eyes on the two most famous spouses in America

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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