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2700 Days: Senator Penny Wong becomes longest-serving female cabinet minister in Australian history

Senator Wong was elected to the Senate for the Australian Labor Party in 2001 and has been re-elected four times - in 2007, 2013, 2016 and 2022.

IMMIGRATION

Indian-Australian physician scientist Dr Manasi Murthy Mittinty awarded Hind Rattan 2024

A childhood fire accident left Dr Mittinty with chronic pain that motivated her to get into medicine with a focus in pain management.

HEALTH

Calls for increased funding for breast and ovarian cancer research

Proceeds from the Mother’s Day Classic go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation in accordance with the selection of MDC event participants.

HEALTH

Focus on masculinity and counselling in the Pacific

The anger and frustration of not being understood may also lead to unwanted violence against women and children.

INNOVATION

Fiji steadfast in addressing climate change with an emphasis on gender inclusivity

“We need greater representation of women in climate-related decision-making at all levels, ensuring that women can influence climate strategies."

INNOVATION

Australia funds Telangana’s StartX for marginalised women and LGBTIQ+ entrepreneurs

StartX follows an exclusive pre-incubation programme ‘Upsurge’ that was organised earlier for 180 women entrepreneurs with the support of the Australian High Commission.

INNOVATION

Historic Gender Balance Achieved in Victorian Parliament: A Leap Forward for Women’s Representation

A powerful example of what can be achieved when deliberate and structured efforts are made to level the playing field for women.

OPINION

49 women have been killed in Australia so far as a result of family violence

Alarmingly, national data on unsolved missing persons cases highlight that Indigenous women represent up to 10% of cases.

INNOVATION

Victoria’s Press Play Ventures launches 100 scholarships to propel Women Entrepreneurs

This will help women transition from mid to senior employment backgrounds to successful startup founders

HEALTH

Pregnant women, bushfire smoke and the impossibility of safety

Research shows pregnant people were framed as “doubly vulnerable” to smoke, due to their own exposure and that of their foetus.

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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

Indian Premier League could be played in Australia, Adelaide Oval explores plan

Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death ‘probably preventable’ after missed blood test, coroner says