Tony Abbott has announced that he will revise his unpopular “signature” Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. The Prime Minister announced on Sunday that he would reduce the cost of his $5.5 billion scheme. The opposition, business groups and members of his party had deemed theoriginal scheme too generous. The Prime Minister hasn’t released the nitty […]

Freya Newman, a former part-time librarian at the Whitehouse School of Design, was handed a two-year good behaviour bond with no conviction against her on Tuesday for accessing unauthorised data. The 21-year-old accessed information about the director’s scholarship awarded to Frances Abbott in 2011 by using another staff member’s passwords without permission. In May The […]

You can be the Prime Minister's chief of staff, but if you're a woman, you still won't be immune to sexism.

Winners of The Australian Women's Weekly/Qantas Women of the Future competition met Prime Minister Tony Abbott at a reception at Parliament House in Canberra earlier today.

A 21-year-old student who accessed computer records at the Whitehouse Institute of Design and then leaked information about a scholarship awarded to Frances Abbott, the daughter of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, to a website pleaded guilty to a charge of accessing restricted data in a Sydney court today. Freya Rachael Sommerville Newman, a creative writing […]

The Prime Minister's daughters Bridget and Frances Abbott joined a host of other Aussie celebrities in a fashion shoot for ovarian cancer research.

Prince William says that he and Kate leave reluctantly, and "George goes away with his cuddly wombat which he has taken to chewing so lovingly."

The Prime Minister’s daughter, Jessica Rudd, and Tony Abbott’s youngest girls Frances and Bridget, have each become an important part of the election campaign, appearing by each of their fathers’ sides at events and speaking out in support of their respective “daggy” dads. We know they love and support their father, but in this month’s […]

Comments from Tony Abbott accusing the Gillard Government of being “inexperienced” when it comes to having babies are the latest in a series of assumed sexist slurs and personal attacks that have clouded Canberra these past two weeks. The Opposition Leader has apologised over comments he made in response to the government’s plans to cut […]

A fuming performance by the Prime Minister attacking Tony Abbott for his ‘sexism’ and ‘misogyny’ not only shocked the Opposition Leader, but has the whole world talking. Julia Gillard’s explosive tirade made international headlines, caused feminists to cheer, and has also been a source of embarrassment for the PM following the Speaker’s resignation — a […]