Books & arts
8 February 2021
Books | A provocative essayist takes stock of “sex panics” and their legacies
Books & arts
25 November 2020
Books | How extreme misogyny affects us all
National affairs
12 October 2020
The assumption that Australia will experience a quick recovery has produced a budget that’s big on spending but low on stimulus
National affairs
7 October 2020
The budget overlooks the hardest hit in favour of the hardest hats
National affairs
7 October 2020
The government will need to announce more initiatives in coming months if its economic goals are to be met
Essays & reportage
6 October 2020
The seventies were a decade of extraordinary social upheaval, writes the presenter of this year’s Ernest Scott Lecture
Essays & reportage
5 October 2020
Remembered in Australia mainly for her relationship with Vida Goldstein, Cecilia John’s story took a different course after the first world war
Essays & reportage
2 October 2020
A former colleague recalls working with the reformist Labor minister
National affairs
2 September 2020
It’s time to recognise the multiplier effect of investing in early childhood education
Essays & reportage
18 August 2020
Harry and Meghan’s new home comes with a history of American aristocrats, primate research and the quest for the contraceptive pill
National affairs
1 July 2020
Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court?
Books & arts
18 June 2020
Cinema | A new documentary highlights a milestone in the fight for women’s rights
Books & arts
20 May 2020
Books | We know a lot about Germaine Greer, but not so much about another trailblazer, Merle Thornton
Books & arts
22 April 2020
Books | Award-winning biographer Brenda Niall throws fresh light on four intriguing women writers
Books & arts
1 April 2020
“Difficult” women have often played key roles in feminist history
Books & arts
2 March 2020
Books | Literary critic Vivian Gornick’s latest book is as much about life as it is about reading
Books & arts
6 November 2019
Books | “In harming myself, I was harming others,” writes Bri Lee in her follow-up to Eggshell Skull
Books & arts
4 October 2019
Books | Does gender and race fully explain the discrimination faced by women of colour?
Essays & reportage
9 September 2019
Extract | How collaborative work can be liberating and effective
Essays & reportage
9 August 2019
Extract | How “micro-justice” is bringing real benefits to at-risk women and girls
Books & arts
6 August 2019
Theatre | A new staging of Oriel Gray’s The Torrents allows its ideas to shine
Books & arts
25 July 2019
Books | Meticulously fairminded, Jess Hill uncovers a surprisingly consistent pattern to domestic abuse
Essays & reportage
25 July 2019
Published two years before The Female Eunuch, Margaret Fulton’s first cookbook had its own impact
International
4 June 2019
The administration continues to roll out hostile policies
Essays & reportage
29 April 2019
The hazards of being a woman in technology
Books & arts
19 April 2019
Books | Julienne van Loon asks all the right questions in this exploration of life in a precarious world
Books & arts
8 March 2019
The 1970s saw the rise of women as a political constituency in Australia
Recovered Lives
8 March 2019
Introducing our collection of articles on Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography
Recovered Lives
8 March 2019
Ann Hordern (c. 1791–1871), founder of Anthony Hordern & Sons
Recovered Lives
8 March 2019
Catherine Henrys (c. 1806–55)