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Van Badham
Van Badham is a theatre-maker and novelist, occasional broadcaster, critic and feminist. She is vice-president of the MEAA, Victoria. She writes columns for the Guardian and lives in Melbourne.
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Nothing says ‘Australian management culture’ like agitating to pay workers less. Except maybe putting your hand out for a $50bn tax cut
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Despite widespread popular support, legislation around abortion in Australia remains subject to political deal-making, leaving access for regional women shamefully limited
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There are three reasons the government will not suspend the system issuing faulty debt claims to welfare recipients
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With 100 Australians fighting for Isis, parliament should follow the lead of France, Germany and the UK in legislating against war crimes domestically
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In an age of increasing consumerism, what makes us become so attached to certain possessions, and so despairing when we lose them?
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For the first time in my life, watching these Olympics, I am consumed with female body envy. I wish I’d worked out, toughened up, added muscle
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Guardian Australia columnist Van Badham talks about the response to the ABC’s Q&A program, where she clashed with fellow panellist Steve Price over the Eddie McGuire saga and domestic violence issues.
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I wanted to make the point to Australia’s attorney general that cuts to legal centres abandon women who need help the most. I never got to make that point
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The ACTU and its affiliates hitting the streets for community values was the most effective reversal of electoral orthodoxy in a generation
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Double Indemnity offers female archetypes, Trilogy is a feminist masterwork, and Quippings has been called ‘crip burlesque’
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Maintenance workers at Carlton United Breweries have lost their jobs. In what amounts to a corporate sleight of hand, they can reapply if they accept pay cuts of up to 65%
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I understand why Britons voted for Brexit because I was caught in the low-wage economy there. Only Labor can prevent that exploitation setting in here
Too many veterans take their own lives. People who defended Australia deserve better