Women shut out: Inside WA’s surrogacy overhaul
Emma hosts Amber and Martine to unpack Western Australia’s surrogacy ‘reform’: how an industry‑led process sidelined women’s voices, abolished ex‑ante safeguards, and bundled ART with surrogacy to fas...
5 Loka 202511min
Where there is no consultation: WA surrogacy, NSW ‘equality’, and QLD’s sex self-ID problem
Emma hosts Amber and Lucy for a ground-level look at how exclusion of women from consultation is producing bad law across Australia. From WA’s industry‑driven ART and surrogacy bill and fast‑tracked s...
2 Loka 202510min
Demanding accountability: Why we questioned the Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the National Press Club
Emma and Megan discuss AAWAA's direct questioning of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the National Press Club about her powers, obligations, and the systematic exclusion of women's advocacy grou...
26 Syys 20256min
Tasmania’s crossroads: Ending prostitution to protect women and girls
Emma and Luci examine the Women’s Action Alliance Tasmania’s call on the Tasmanian Government for the abolition of prostitution and urgent law reform. They unpack the landmark UN report on prostitutio...
23 Syys 20258min
Losing our rights? Monitoring the AHRC’s turn away from women
Emma and Amber put the Australian Human Rights Commission under the spotlight, questioning its shift away from meaningful, sexed-based protections for women and girls. From legal battles and lost cons...
18 Syys 20257min
Local Action: The builder, Feminist matriarch Merike Johnson
In this episode, Emma and Sue explore the life of Merike Johnson—a refugee, scientist and feminist trailblazer—tracing her journey from a post-war German camp to leading women’s activism in Australia,...
11 Syys 20254min
Scotland’s abolition bill: How Australia must go further
Emma and Luci examine Scotland’s pioneering Prostitution (Offences and Support) Bill and what it means for the rights, safety, and dignity of women and girls everywhere. They provide a serious, eviden...
9 Syys 20256min
Not at the stakeholder table: The ongoing exclusion of women in policy
In this episode, Emma and Amber examine the government’s claims about “engaging stakeholders” and reveal how those of us most affected—women and girls—are routinely left out. We unpack the consequence...
3 Syys 20258min
