Motherless Behaviour
Two blokes having a chat about the commodification of women’s bodies: what could possibly go wrong? Well, a fair bit went wrong on 13 May for James O’Loghlin, host of...
Would the ABC fare any better?
A pair of Oxford academics, Professor Michael Biggs and Dr Ace North, have conducted a spot of research into how BBC News reported transgender homicides in Britain 2000-2025. They conclude...
The Noises of North Tassie
The magnificent women of Women Speak Tasmania are angry, and rightly so. First, they’re angry that the brand-new Recreation Hub at Mowbray, Launceston, has no single-sex toilets or changerooms. And...
SPOILSPORT!
With women all over the world rejoicing at the International Olympic Committee’s new women’s policy, the ABC goes glum or schtum. Women’s Cooee commentators Vera Figner and Emma Peel observe...
Aunty Gives ACON The Flick
On 7th April 2026, The Guardian quietly published an exclusive article announcing"ABC drops sponsorship of LGBTQ+, disability and diversity groups including Acon". What!? Have all our dreams come true? Women's...
Fed up with writing to the ABC Ombo?
If you’d like to try something a little different, you can do like Phil Dye and start a petition to Parliament. Phil’s done one about getting the ABC out of...
The Good Fight
Scrolling through the ABC Ombudsman’s Report for the 2024-2025 financial year, as one does, I saw on Page 6 that they’ve noted a surprise ‘new entrant’ in the top 10...
Shout-Out to Linton Besser
We were wondering how Linton Besser would go when he took over from Paul Barry as the host of Media Watch at the beginning of last year. Paul Barry had...