‘Uncontrollable’:How Grace Tame threw the rule book out the window

‘Uncontrollable’:How Grace Tame threw the rule book out the window

Her willingness to criticise Scott Morrison has won her many admirers but also generated a backlash from conservative figures.

  • byMatthew Knott

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A year of reckoning over the treatment of women,so what hope is there for politics?

A year of reckoning over the treatment of women,so what hope is there for politics?

After a year of painful conversations about the treatment of women and traumatic disclosures of appalling incidents,the federal government has a blueprint to fix things.

  • byKatina Curtis
Rights,wrongs and revolution:#MeToo still raging against the patriarchy

Rights,wrongs and revolution:#MeToo still raging against the patriarchy

In this edited extract from Jess Hill’s Quarterly Essay,The Reckoning:How #MeToo is changing Australia,she explains there’s been wins and losses but making lasting social change is a long game and there’s plenty of fighters.

  • byJess Hill
‘It’s much more sinister’:The hard truths about sexual assault

‘It’s much more sinister’:The hard truths about sexual assault

Having demanded that we deal with sexual assault differently,Grace Tame and Chanel Contos discuss the power – and pain – of asking uncomfortable questions.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Wrangling Good Weekend’s annual Who Mattered list

Wrangling Good Weekend’s annual Who Mattered list

How we chose every mover,shaker and change-maker for 2021:it wasn’t easy.

Affirmative sexual consent laws to be introduced in Victoria

Affirmative sexual consent laws to be introduced in Victoria

Active steps will need to be taken to obtain sexual consent under new Victorian laws,after a sweeping review found victim experiences in the justice system were “horrifying”.

  • byWendy Tuohy
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Virginia Trioli:‘It’s hard to keep my faith in the political system’

Virginia Trioli:‘It’s hard to keep my faith in the political system’

The journalist and broadcaster discusses her concerns with politics,her media commandments,her ideal funeral – and why she views meat-eating as sexy.

  • byBenjamin Law
Former fire chief Greg Mullins faces the firestorm again

Former fire chief Greg Mullins faces the firestorm again

Fire fighting and standing up to authorities runs in the family for former NSW fire chief,now author Greg Mullins.

  • byHeath Gilmore
Drop politics,stop deaths:Women’s safety advocates want action after summit

Drop politics,stop deaths:Women’s safety advocates want action after summit

There were high hopes for this week’s women’s safety summit amid a national conversation about the treatment of women. Now the hard work begins on turning the talk into a plan for action.

  • byKatina Curtis
Tame to push for uniform consent definition,Payne implores nonpartisan approach to women’s safety

Tame to push for uniform consent definition,Payne implores nonpartisan approach to women’s safety

Grace Tame will push for all states’ laws to include the same definitions for consent and grooming to make sure there aren’t “knowledge gaps” that enable perpetrators.

  • byKatina Curtis
Grace Tame doesn’t think much of the Women’s Safety Summit,but she’s going anyway

Grace Tame doesn’t think much of the Women’s Safety Summit,but she’s going anyway

The Australian of the Year is determined to expand the remit of the Morrison government’s big pow wow this week.

  • byPeter FitzSimons