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Showing posts with label mothers and other women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mothers and other women. Show all posts
Friday, 23 June 2017

When Labor senators play petty politics and women literally pay the price

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On 19 June 2017 The Greens Senator Larissa Waters moved an amendment to the  Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 . ...
Monday, 22 May 2017

A gender lens on the 2017-18 Budget exposes its class-ridden, misogynistic bottom line

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In 2014 the Abbott Government ceased the thirty year-old federal government practice of releasing a Women's Budget Statement . T...
Monday, 20 February 2017

Groundhog Day for women's services in Australia

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Since 2013 the Abbott & Turnbull Federal Governments have announced up to $1b in savings measures that are cutting community servic...
Thursday, 14 May 2015

Australian Prime Minister and Minister for Women Tony Abbott's double dipping lie is an insult to working women

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On Mother’s Day 2015 the Abbott Government announced that it would be removing all or part of federal paid parental scheme payments to a...
Saturday, 14 December 2013

Across the kitchen table my mother smiles....

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Something to ponder on....... http://youtu.be/zQucWXWXp3k
Friday, 30 August 2013

Abbott's paid parental leave scheme seen as way to outbreed women from the "low socioeconomic welfare groups"

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Snapshot of the thoughts of Katrina Ludewig , a Brisbane-based sales executive at Signet Pty Ltd , writing on the Liberal Party Faceb...
Friday, 9 August 2013

What on earth is Abbott doing?

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This is Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott allegedly aiming a kiss at a baby and missing the mark this week. On seeing the phot...
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Monday, 13 May 2013

Yes siree! Tony Abbott just doesn't get women

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“TONY Abbott's expensive paid parental leave scheme is "all about" encouraging women of "calibre" to have childre...
Sunday, 22 April 2012

Oh, Carole, I am such a fool or Click send and lose your job

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One can’t help feeling that this particular LNP staffer is no loss to both the Queensland and Federal political systems . Senator Ian MacDo...
Sunday, 19 February 2012

Misogynists of the World Unite! Then move to Oklahoma USA

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This is the Oklahoma Senate in 2012. You will notice that it is predominately Republican and male. So it should come as no surprise tha...
Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Stirrup the bitch! Why the medical experience is still a feminist issue

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Because women as a group are constantly being told “ You’ve come a long way”  when compared with their grandmothers, it is easy to overloo...
Monday, 20 June 2011

Potted History: Australia 1952 t0 1956 - Women as Reds Under Beds

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League of Women Voters of South Australia (1909 - 1979) Alternative Names Women's Non-Party Political Association (former name) Women...
Sunday, 10 April 2011

Not so far from the secret wish of Tony Abbott and Fred Nile?

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The Onion 's video take on the Christian Right's approach to a woman's right to choose finds an echo in the Leader of the Christ...
Friday, 8 October 2010

Women with the most influence?

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Forbes Magazine's top ten influential women in 2010 1. Michelle Obama, First Lady 2. Irene Rosenfeld, chief executive, Kraft Foods 3. O...