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While the US cuts abortion access, Australia likely to increase it

By Chloe | Published: April 26, 2013
TweetGood news, antipodean abortion lovers! The Australian government announced today that RU486, the abortion pill, is one step closer to being included in the government’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, making it easier for patients to afford. How easy? Like, between $12 and $36 easy. Which is a far cry from its current cost of $300-$800 (which is [...]
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Australian PM Gillard blasts opposition leader Abbott misogyny and sexism

By Syreeta | Published: October 9, 2012
TweetSpeaking of calling people on their bullshit, this is epic: If you can’t watch the video, Here’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard most salient charge in brief: “I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man, I will not. And the government will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. [...]
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Australia to implement paid paternal leave next year

By Chloe | Published: October 2, 2012
TweetYesterday, Australian Minister for Families, Community Services, and Indigenous Reform Jenny Macklin made a big announcement: starting in 2013, the Australian government will be providing paid paternal leave so that new fathers can take more time off from work to take care of their kids. The scheme is clearly designed to make it more culturally [...]
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Australia to make the abortion pill easier to get

By Chloe | Published: August 30, 2012
TweetYesterday, Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration announced that RU486, the abortion pill, will soon be more widely available. RU486 has been legal in Australia for six years, but until now very few doctors – about 187 physicians in a country of 22 million people – could import or prescribe it. Thanks to Marie Stopes International, that’s [...]
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Quick hit: Rally held in Sydney to protest police violence against Indigenous community

By Chloe | Published: April 24, 2012
TweetOver the weekend, Sydney police shot two Indigenous men in an attempt to stop them from stealing a car. One of the men is not a man – he is fourteen years old. The two men are in hospital in a “critical but stable condition.” There’s also video of one of the officers dragging and [...]
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