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Independent evaluation confirms the Cornelia program’s overwhelming success

Cornelia is an Australian-first pilot program A new independent evaluation has confirmed what many in the sector already knew: the Cornelia program is working. The Australian-first pilot, which supp...

LaunchHousing 11 months ago

No country in the world has reached full legal equality for women and girls

From protection against gender-based violence to equal pay, women and girls remain unequal under the law, as impunity for violations of their rights persists worldwide, said UN Women today. N...

UNWomenAus 1 month ago

International Women’s Day

IWDA 1 month ago

What is a Feminist Movement?

IWDA 1 month ago

Clear and complete consultation needed on NDIS planning reforms

PWDA joins Disability Representative Organisations calling for clear and complete consultation on NDIS planning reforms Friday 6 March PWDA joined Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) in a c...

PWD 1 month ago

Building Access Workshop Blue Mountains Bookings Now Open

Register Now: Free Building Access Workshop and Networking! People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is excited to offer a free full-day workshop for domestic and family violence (DFV) services to impr...

PWD 1 month ago

What are the NDIS reforms, and why are they happening?

The Australian Government agreed to a major package of disability and health reforms. Here is a brief outline of what we know so far. Thursday 5 March Early January 2026, the Australian Government agr...

PWD 1 month ago

Dignity of risk and supported decision making must sit at the heart of NDIS reform

PWDA presented evidence at Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee on proposed changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Wednesday 4 March 2026 PWDA Acting CEO Megan Spindler-Smith ap...

PWD 1 month ago

Fully accessible design does not exist. We can do better

PWDA member blog: Fully accessible design does not exist. We can do better Wednesday 4 March What does it mean to be “fully accessible”? The term “fully accessible” is used in different s...

PWD 1 month ago

Leading Inclusively Workshop Bookings Now Open

A leadership workshop for women and gender diverse people with disability. To celebrate International Women’s Day on Monday 9 March 2026, People with Disability Australia (PWDA) is excited to offer ...

PWD 1 month ago

PWDA put queer disabled people In Focus at Mardi Gras

People with Disability Australia at the 2026 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for visibility, self expression and community. Tuesday 3 March The PWDA 2026 pride campaign theme InFocus: Queer & Disabl...

PWD 1 month ago

In praise of my wheelchair this International Wheelchair Day

Member blog by Laura Pettenuzzo: In praise of my wheelchair Sunday 1 March For International Wheelchair Day, 1 March, PWDA member, Laura Pettenuzzo shares her experience as a wheelchair user and her g...

PWD 1 month ago

PWDA marches at Mardi Gras to put queer disabled people InFocus

Saturday 27 February People with Disability Australia (PWDA), the national cross-disability rights and representative organisation led by and for people with disability, will march in the 2026 Sydney ...

PWD 1 month ago

InFocus at Fair Day

InFocus: Queer and Disabled at 2026 Fair Day We had a fantastic day celebrating community and connection at the 2026 Fair Day! Our InFocus: Queer & Disabled storytelling campaign was in full swing, wi...

PWD 1 month ago

Truth is the work of a nation

Every generation reaches a point where it must decide whether it will face the truth or keep walking around it. Australia is at that point now. Across this continent, people are preparing to walk, in ...

ANTaR 1 month ago

Iraq: Ensure accountability for killing of women’s rights activist Yanar Mohammed

Responding to the killing of prominent Iraqi women’s rights activist Yanar Mohammed, who was shot by unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle outside her home in northern Baghdad, Razaw Salihy, Amnesty I...

Amnesty 1 month ago

Canberra: Stand with Tibet on 10 March

On 10 March, the Tibetan community will gather at Parliament House to mark the 67th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day and they are inviting you to show up in solidarity. Will you join us? 10:00am, T...

Amnesty 1 month ago

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Final report: Upper House Inquiry into Community Consultation Practices.

The Victorian Parliament’s Upper House Environment and Planning Committee has completed its inquiry into how government consultation practices with community can be improved. newDemocracy Foundation...

newDemocracy 1 month ago

Social insecurity: Cohesion, outrage economics and national resilience in Australia

A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute warns Australia’s social cohesion is under sustained pressure, with the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, the 7 October 2023 attacks on Israel...

ASPI 1 month ago

Three Indo-Pacific allies, one week, and three different calculations on display

Seoul disputes, Canberra proceeds, Manila hedges: how Washington’s alliance network is differentiating under pressure.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are here to stay

Pyongyang’s party congress sets out five more years of military expansion, hardline diplomacy and estrangement from Seoul.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

“Autocrats fear women” – Australia’s foreign policy should act on that

The same forces attacking women’s rights are undermining the rules-based order that Australia depends on.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Australia needs to put gender-responsive budgeting into law …

… Or risk lagging on the global stage.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Kim Jong-un is in no rush to talk

With Moscow’s backing and a growing nuclear arsenal, Pyongyang thinks it can afford to wait out Washington and Seoul.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Iran’s threat to airline travel: The Gulf’s skies are now a chokepoint too

By targeting passenger terminals rather than runways, Iran has opened a new front in economic coercion.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Mark Carney’s Pacific pivot

Canada’s Liberal PM is reorienting Ottawa’s world view – and eating the Conservative Party’s lunch while doing it.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Taiwan is still working itself out

A complicated history and constant threats from China keep one of Asia’s youngest democracies alive … and alert.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Southeast Asia’s nuclear weapons-free zone needs reinforcement

As nuclear risk returns globally, Southeast Asia's weapons-free status looks less secure and more worth defending.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Yes, it’s legal to shoot narco-subs in the Pacific – but the law has better options

Australia can counter drug traffickers without following Trump’s playbook.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

The real AI gap between China and the West isn’t chips or models but the stories we tell

Risk-framing is creating regulatory paralysis.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Deep-sea mining: Australia’s dilemma in the Pacific

As Pacific unity fractures on the controversial practice, Canberra’s inaction risks ceding ground to China.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

After Khamenei: China is watching, and so should Taiwan

The harder lesson from Iran may be what comes after a decapitation strike.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

What the Iran conflict means for Russia

The Russia-Iran relationship was never a true alliance – but the attack still stings Moscow.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

What the Iran war means for the US-China balance

Even in the best-case scenario, China losing a friend in Tehran won’t be the blow Trump might assume.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Want higher productivity? Replace backpackers with Pacific workers

Australia needs to adapt its Pacific labour scheme to attract more workers and reward them more fairly.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Can the US train enough welders to win a war?

Budgets and force plans mean little if no one can surge production when it counts.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

America’s ambassador problem

Transactional diplomacy doesn’t just insult allies – it destroys the patient work that keeps the world stable.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

Japanese investment in China keeps rising, despite political tensions

A decline in diplomatic relations masks a surge in Japan’s economic ties to China.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

The commercialisation of space surveillance

A US push to use commercial satellites for space surveillance raises hard questions about who controls strategic knowledge.

LowyInstitute 1 month ago

New Zealand shows austerity and interest rate hikes won’t cure Australia’s sticky inflation

By Osmond Chiu, Research Fellow The recent interest rate hike to address inflation drifting above the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) target band has reignited debate about the Albanese Government...

PerCapita 1 month ago

The Good Fight: What Does Labor Stand for? With Sean Kelly

In Quarterly Essay 100, Sean Kelly considers the enigma of the Albanese government. With wide yet shallow support, will it change the country? Does it have big ideas, or is it content just to become �...

PerCapita 1 month ago

Can we trust the USA? | Between the Lines

The Wrap with Dr Emma Shortis The President of Peace has started another war. It began with the bombing of a school in southern Iran. According to Iranian authorities, the death toll from that strike...