Hairdresser stunt shows a prime minister who refuses to listen

Hairdresser stunt shows a prime minister who refuses to listen

The image of the Prime Minister’s hands massaging a young woman’s head,while he quipped about having a gossip,stirred a visceral reaction in thousands of us,including me. And it wasn’t good.

  • byJulia Banks

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Misplaced female solidarity and the tricky fight against sexism

Misplaced female solidarity and the tricky fight against sexism

Why paint women as passive in order to have a public conversation about the social pressures placed upon them to appease the male ego?

  • byDiana Reid
At 50,I finally figured out what Grace Tame knows in her 20s

At 50,I finally figured out what Grace Tame knows in her 20s

Men are not entitled to our smiling niceness simply because they are men.

  • byKerri Sackville
‘Grace is a passionate person’:PM brushes off frosty reception

‘Grace is a passionate person’:PM brushes off frosty reception

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says outgoing Australian of the Year Grace Tame is doing important work for sexual assault victims as he brushed off questions about their meeting.

  • byAngus Livingston
Call for support for former Australian of the Year Grace Tame

Call for support for former Australian of the Year Grace Tame

Television and film producer Bruna Papandrea has called on Australians to support former Australian of the year Grace Tame after she left an Australian Open event abruptly before it started on Thursday.

  • byCara Waters
Thank you,Grace Tame. Smiling doesn’t start national conversations

Thank you,Grace Tame. Smiling doesn’t start national conversations

The student who has risen to global prominence with her campaign for mandatory sexual consent education defends Grace Tame’s encounter with the PM.

  • byChanel Contos
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Why young women aren’t smiling for you any more

Grace Tame’s appearance with the Prime Minister ought to remind us that polite formalities are no longer the concern of women.

  • byYasmin Poole
‘Luckiest guy in this country’:Dylan Alcott is Australian of the Year

‘Luckiest guy in this country’:Dylan Alcott is Australian of the Year

Paralympic champion and tennis golden grand slam winner Dylan Alcott is the 2022 Australian of the Year.

  • byLisa Visentin andScott Spits
Scowling at Scott Morrison,Grace Tame squanders her moment

Scowling at Scott Morrison,Grace Tame squanders her moment

While well-behaved women seldom make history,there is nothing inherently history-making in being merely ill-behaved.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
History has shown activists and revolutionaries tend to prioritise messages over manners

History has shown activists and revolutionaries tend to prioritise messages over manners

Grace Tame refused to smile at a pre-Australia Day event at The Lodge on Tuesday,and barely acknowledged the PM,and when asked to pose for a snap,she gave Scott Morrison the most awe-inspiring side-eye a political photographer could ever hope to capture.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘Surprised they let me in’:Grace Tame jokes after frosty reception with PM

‘Surprised they let me in’:Grace Tame jokes after frosty reception with PM

Reigning Australian of the Year Grace Tame sparked criticism when she greeted Prime Minister Scott Morrison at an event in Canberra with a stern look.

  • byAngus Livingston