federal parliament

It’s OK to be racist in parliament, but not to call it out

Senators Lidia Thorpe, Fatima Payman and Mehreen Faruqi are using their positions to fight back against the systemic racism that Senator Pauline Hanson represents, argues Pip Hinman.Μύ

Brittany Higgins has faced stomach churning attacks from the corporate media

Patriarchy in Parliament

The spectacle of Coalition MPs weaponising Brittany Higgins’ allegation of rape in Parliament House is stomach churning. Pip Hinman reports.

End the deep-seated, dangerous sexist man-bonding in federal parliament

Reporting a male Coalition staffer's bad behaviour as β€œlewd” downplays the systematic nature of sexism and misogyny, argues Alison Pennington.

Gendered violence β€˜a disease in our workplaces’

The link betweenΒ gender inequality and women’s experiences of violence at work needs to be broken, argues Sarah Hathway.

Stop Adani protests usher in new parliamentary session

Stop Adani activists from around Australia gathered in Canberra on February 5, calling on Labor and Coalition MPs to prioritise cancelling the Adani mine project in this session of parliament.

About 100 protesters set up at the front and rear entrances of Parliament House from 7am to β€œwelcome” politicians arriving for the first day of parliament.