‘Trauma is a beast’:Grace Tame,Rosie Batty open up about struggles

‘Trauma is a beast’:Grace Tame,Rosie Batty open up about struggles

Grace Tame cautioned feminists against tearing other women down and the use of inaccessible language while Rosie Batty spoke of her battle to overcome trauma.

  • byMatthew Knott

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‘Tired of empty promises’:Powerful women join forces for change

‘Tired of empty promises’:Powerful women join forces for change

Grace Tame,Brittany Higgins and Lucy Turnbull are among a dozen women behind a new campaign calling on leaders to act and ensure safety,respect and equity.

  • byKatina Curtis
‘Squashing our voices’:Survivors angry about secrecy around reports on violence against women

‘Squashing our voices’:Survivors angry about secrecy around reports on violence against women

Reports quoting victim-survivors that informed the new national plan on ending violence against women are yet to be released despite promises to publish them.

  • byKatina Curtis
‘I’d be lying if I said it didn’t let me down’:Grace Tame slams media outlets in open letter

‘I’d be lying if I said it didn’t let me down’:Grace Tame slams media outlets in open letter

The former Australian of the Year and child abuse survivor has called out media outlets that published an old photograph of her with a bong.

  • byAmelia McGuire
A new angle for the PM,courtesy of an intervention by his ‘angel’,Jenny Morrison

A new angle for the PM,courtesy of an intervention by his ‘angel’,Jenny Morrison

A former Liberal media adviser assesses the Morrisons’ 60 Minutes interview - and the political value of the Prime Minister giving air time to his wife.

  • byJacqui Munro
He does hold a ukulele,mate:Scott Morrison plays the man,not the Prime Minister

He does hold a ukulele,mate:Scott Morrison plays the man,not the Prime Minister

It was a strategy that worked at the last election for the then new Prime Minister - to remind voters he was a person. But will it work this time?

  • bySean Kelly
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Jenny Morrison says she’s disappointed by Grace Tame’s lack of manners

Jenny Morrison says she’s disappointed by Grace Tame’s lack of manners

The Prime Minister’s wife told 60 Minutes she wanted her own daughters to become fierce and independent but “be polite and have manners”,as she labelled Ms Tame’s refusal to smile at the couple “a little bit disappointing”.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
National Australia Day Council denies ‘threatening’ Grace Tame call

National Australia Day Council denies ‘threatening’ Grace Tame call

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins say too little has changed despite a year of national conversations about violence against women and child sexual abuse.

  • byMatthew Knott andKatina Curtis
The two extraordinary young women who braved their way into power

The two extraordinary young women who braved their way into power

The appearance of two young women impatient for change at the National Press Club on Wednesday felt like a true shift.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘I didn’t want his sympathy’:Brittany Higgins says actions from the PM more important than words

‘I didn’t want his sympathy’:Brittany Higgins says actions from the PM more important than words

The former federal parliamentary staffer says she was disappointed by Scott Morrison’s response to her allegation of rape last year because she didn’t want his sympathy as a father,but action from him as the Prime Minister.

  • byKatina Curtis andAngus Thompson
Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins are giving a joint speech. These are the moments that led to it

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins are giving a joint speech. These are the moments that led to it

Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins have unlocked a movement that has inspired women all over the country to stand up against abuse in all its forms.

  • byAmelia McGuire