Really concerning research out by Ipsos and @giwlkings for #IWD2022 shows 1 in 5 Australians thinks women who say they were abused make up or exaggerate claims of abuse or rape. We must do better. >> Swipe for more details >> Link to full study in my bio. 👆
Really concerning research out by Ipsos and @giwlkings for #IWD2022 shows 1 in 5 Australians thinks women who say they were abused make up or exaggerate claims of abuse or rape. We must do better. >> Swipe for more details >> Link to full study in my bio. 👆
Really concerning research out by Ipsos and @giwlkings for #IWD2022 shows 1 in 5 Australians thinks women who say they were abused make up or exaggerate claims of abuse or rape. We must do better. >> Swipe for more details >> Link to full study in my bio. 👆
Really concerning research out by Ipsos and @giwlkings for #IWD2022 shows 1 in 5 Australians thinks women who say they were abused make up or exaggerate claims of abuse or rape. We must do better. >> Swipe for more details >> Link to full study in my bio. 👆
📚NEW BOOK! 📚 For me, it is a personal and cathartic exercise looking back at THAT speech. But what has meant even more has been gathering the reflections and thoughts from others about then, now, and what next. In October, to mark the 10 year anniversary, I will share it all with you. 📚 Pre-order your copy via link in my bio
New album dropping soon! Just kidding. In-studio recording the audiobook version of ‘Not Now, Not Ever – Ten years on from the misogyny speech’, out on 5 October. You can still pre-order a copy via link in my bio. Proceeds support @giwlkings @GIWLANU
Relax everybody – this was not my unofficial campaign launch, despite the hilarious t-shirts! It was a thrill to meet with artists from the @apy_ac_collective yesterday, including Pitjantjatjara woman Sally Scales, whose work I selected to include on my Christmas Card for 2021. It was a pleasure to see the artists at work in their studio, and hear about the creativity and the culture that drive their works. I was intrigued to hear about the significant role that art plays in connecting women across generations and empowering leaders.
Relax everybody – this was not my unofficial campaign launch, despite the hilarious t-shirts! It was a thrill to meet with artists from the @apy_ac_collective yesterday, including Pitjantjatjara woman Sally Scales, whose work I selected to include on my Christmas Card for 2021. It was a pleasure to see the artists at work in their studio, and hear about the creativity and the culture that drive their works. I was intrigued to hear about the significant role that art plays in connecting women across generations and empowering leaders.
Relax everybody – this was not my unofficial campaign launch, despite the hilarious t-shirts! It was a thrill to meet with artists from the @apy_ac_collective yesterday, including Pitjantjatjara woman Sally Scales, whose work I selected to include on my Christmas Card for 2021. It was a pleasure to see the artists at work in their studio, and hear about the creativity and the culture that drive their works. I was intrigued to hear about the significant role that art plays in connecting women across generations and empowering leaders.
✨LINK IN BIO ✨ It’s been nearly a decade since I stood in Parliament House and declared NOT NOW, NOT EVER. I’m thrilled to now take to the stage over two very special curated evenings, at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall on October 4 and Sydney’s Aware Super Theatre on October 5, for NOT NOW, NOT EVER, to reflect on the impact of the speech, but also what comes next in the fight for equality. The evenings will be hosted by celebrated broadcaster and author Indira Naidoo, alongside an exciting line-up of guests offering their personal perspectives of the speech and the ten years since. Sign up to the waitlist now to receive priority access to tickets via the link in my bio. Tickets are available via Ticketek, with pre-sales commencing on Monday 18 July, and all tickets on sale from Monday 25 July. Produced by @michaelcasselgroup, proceeds from the evenings will go towards supporting the @giwlanu @giwlkings, which aim to help create a world in which being a woman is not a barrier to becoming a leader in any field.
2021 has been an unusual year for all of us. I have spent some of it in lockdown, and much of it away from home. That should have meant lots of time to read, but somehow there never seems to be enough! Because I have been stationary for long periods, I have tended to buy and read physical books, whereas I rely much more on my kindle in times of frequent travel. For a number of works I have enjoyed the kindle and audio book combination: this lets me listen when walking, and read on the couch. For me, once again, the works of women authors have loomed large. I very much enjoyed Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, which won the UK Women’s Prize for Fiction. However, I recognise fantasy novels like this aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. A wonderful book-devouring friend of mine hated it, so consider yourself warned. I also loved The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett and Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. Kate Mosse, an accomplished author who pushed to create the prize for women’s fiction, came on my podcast this year. In preparation, I read her most recent work, An Extra Pair of Hands, about the experience of being a carer, and two of her historical fiction works, The Burning Chambers and the City of Tears. I enjoyed them all. Closer to home, but still in the genre of historical fiction, I enjoyed Mirandi Riwoe’s Stone Sky, Gold Mountain and Kate Grenville’s, A Room Made of Leaves. In this turbulent world, I was also drawn to novels that predict the future and in doing so try to shed some light on contemporary political problems. I would recommend Hillary Clinton’s and Louise Penny’s State of Terror, and 2034, A Novel of the Next World War by Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman. A new Kazuo Ishiguro novel is a delight to be savoured, Klara and the Sun is a must read. I would thoroughly recommend Jeremy Farrar’s and Anjana Abuja’s, Spike:The Virus vs The People – The Inside Story, which, as you can tell from the title, is all about the pandemic. For a very different book, which will take you far away from the world of COVID 19, try A Dutiful Boy: A memoir of secrets, lies and family love by Mohsin Zaidi.
WOW! Thank you Melbourne. Tickets for Not Now, Not Ever, supporting @giwlanu and @giwlkings at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne on 4 October are currently exhausted following overwhelming demand. Tickets for Sydney on 5 October at the Aware Super Theatre are STILL AVAILABLE 🔸Book via link in bio.🔸 Additional tickets in Melbourne may become available should any seats be returned for sale. You can check the Ticketek Australia and Arts Centre Melbourne websites for last minute availability.
🎙🎧NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🎧🎙 When the history of 2021 in Australia is written it will of course focus on COVID, but it will also include the national debate on violence against women, started by strong young women like Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins. @annabelcrabb joins me for my final podcast interview for 2021 to discuss the influence women are having on Australian politics – from when they were first elected 100 years ago, to now. Follow the link in my bio to listen. @giwlkings @giwlanu
🎧🎙️ NEW PODCAST 🎙️🎧 Feminist icon @gloriasteinem joins me to discuss her nearly 60-year career at the vanguard of the women’s rights movement. ✨Listen via link in bio.
Every death by suicide is a tragedy that leaves loved ones agonising over what might have been. But we do know that certain supports – offered in the right way, at the right time – can help to keep some of the most at-risk people safe. Those who are admitted to hospital after a suicide attempt are at significant risk of trying to end their lives again. For too long, people have been discharged from hospital without effective follow-up and wrap-around support, often returning to the same life circumstances that very likely contributed to their attempt. As Australia works to establish a system of universal aftercare, @beyondblue is sharing what we’re learning through the development of our ‘The Way Back Support Service’, which offers people hope after a suicide attempt. It does this by providing a proactive, tailored program built on safety planning, personal connection and integration with community and clinical services. It’s great to see our leaders acknowledge a system of universal aftercare is urgently needed. Now it’s time to deliver the best possible model. At @BeyondBlue, we’re sharing the lessons we’ve learnt from scaling up our effective aftercare model, The Way Back Support Service, in the hope it will support the effort to build a national system. http://bitly.ws/s7xI
It was fantastic to cheer on the Werribee Tigers over the weekend and see them get a win! I’ve been Club Patron for nearly 20 years and always enjoy returning to my old electorate of Lalor for a Tigers game. 📸 @bvphotography.a
It was fantastic to cheer on the Werribee Tigers over the weekend and see them get a win! I’ve been Club Patron for nearly 20 years and always enjoy returning to my old electorate of Lalor for a Tigers game. 📸 @bvphotography.a
Back in March 2020, when COVID19 burst into the global consciousness, the conversation quickly turned to a vaccine and how quickly, if ever we would get one. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert was at the forefront of that work, tirelessly developing the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. She joins me on this latest podcast episode for @GIWLkings to talk about how her team developed their lifesaving vaccine, her career in science, and how we might be better prepared for future outbreaks. Follow the link in my bio.
Access to quality mental health services and immediate crisis support to prevent suicide is a universal human right. Everyone, across the world, must have ready access to these support systems, regardless of their location, economic or social situation. To ensure this occurs, we must break down the barriers to help-seeking, like stigma and discrimination, and legal frameworks that make suicide a crime. That’s why I support LifeLine International’s campaign to Decriminalise Suicide Globally. With more than 700,000 people dying by suicide each year, and with 52 nations where suicide is a crime, or where the laws regarding suicide attempts are unclear, we must focus international efforts on change. If you want to help, go to www.suicide-decrim.network to find out more. #DecriminaliseSuicideWorldwide
Katy Gallagher is one of the most senior members of Australia’s Federal Government, and as Minister for Women she’s spearheading the nation’s efforts to tackle gender based violence. We’re so pleased she joined us for this week’s episode of A Podcast of One’s Own. In a candid conversation, which was recorded in early April before the national rallies against gender based violence, @juliagillard and @senkatyg delve into Katy’s early life growing up in Canberra, the tragic loss that shaped her path forward, her politics career and how she’s working to better the lives of Australian women through the Federal Government’s new strategy for gender equality. If you don’t already, subscribe to the podcast via the 🔗 in our bio.
There’s a new episode of A Podcast of One’s Own out now. My guest is Australia’s Federal Minister for Women, Minister for Finance, former ACT Chief Minister, and good friend of mine – Katy Gallagher. Katy is at the forefront of Australia’s efforts to end the horrifying levels of violence against women around the nation, and I welcome the new funding announcements made by the Government this week. In this candid conversation, recorded in early April, we discuss the tragic event that shaped Katy’s path forward, her politics career and the Federal Government’s strategy for gender equity. Listen at the 🔗 in bio or wherever you get your podcasts.
We’re so excited to launch the A Podcast of One’s Own Book Club! 📚 In our ✨first-ever episode✨, out today, @juliagillard and her co-host @the_shb_sit down to discuss Wifedom by Australian author, Anna Funder Wifedom tells the untold story of Eileen O’Shaughnessy and her marriage to George Orwell, one of the most famed English writers of all time Funder recreates the Orwell’s’ marriage, taking readers through the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War in London Eileen’s story has been largely ignored by the history books, and as Funder shows, sometimes even rewritten by biographers of Orwell Julia and Sarah discuss Funder’s unique style of writing, how women get written out of history, how Eileen’s experience resonates with women today, and how fans of Orwell’s work can reconcile that with his personal behaviour Sarah recommends Wifedom for anyone who’s interested in Orwell, history, or the politics of our time, saying “even though it’s set in the past mostly, it feels surprisingly current”. And although it’s not your conventional historical fiction, Julia says that “it does repay in being a bit more challenging” Listen using the 🔗in our bio, or find A Podcast of One’s Own on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts
We’re so excited to launch the A Podcast of One’s Own Book Club! 📚 In our ✨first-ever episode✨, out today, @juliagillard and her co-host @the_shb_sit down to discuss Wifedom by Australian author, Anna Funder Wifedom tells the untold story of Eileen O’Shaughnessy and her marriage to George Orwell, one of the most famed English writers of all time Funder recreates the Orwell’s’ marriage, taking readers through the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War in London Eileen’s story has been largely ignored by the history books, and as Funder shows, sometimes even rewritten by biographers of Orwell Julia and Sarah discuss Funder’s unique style of writing, how women get written out of history, how Eileen’s experience resonates with women today, and how fans of Orwell’s work can reconcile that with his personal behaviour Sarah recommends Wifedom for anyone who’s interested in Orwell, history, or the politics of our time, saying “even though it’s set in the past mostly, it feels surprisingly current”. And although it’s not your conventional historical fiction, Julia says that “it does repay in being a bit more challenging” Listen using the 🔗in our bio, or find A Podcast of One’s Own on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts