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Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Gough Whitlam’s policies transformed many women’s lives. His legacy lives on.

10.11.2025 6

WA Today

Michelle Arrow

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Gough Whitlam’s policies transformed many women’s lives. His legacy lives on.

10.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Arrow

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Gough Whitlam’s policies transformed many women’s lives. His legacy lives on.

10.11.2025 8

The Age

Michelle Arrow

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Why Whitlam’s dismissal was a blow to women’s rights

Gough Whitlam’s policies transformed many women’s lives. His legacy lives on.

10.11.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Michelle Arrow

Extraordinary and occasionally inept: before The Dismissal, the Whitlam government changed Australia forever

Extraordinary and occasionally inept: before The Dismissal, the Whitlam government changed Australia forever

With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government had, and continues to have, a profound effect on...

09.11.2025 5

The Conversation

Michelle Arrow

Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

26.08.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Arrow

Feminist reformer Beatrice Faust was a sexual libertarian who did her homework, kept her cool and criticised ‘wimp feminism’

Australian second-wave feminist Beatrice Faust was a lifelong advocate for abortion law reform. She resisted narratives of victimhood, despite a grim...

09.05.2025 6

The Conversation

Michelle Arrow

Gender played a significant role in the 2022 election. Will it do the same in 2025?

Gender plays a role in elections. But it is important not to overstate gender differences at a time when generational differences seem more...

03.04.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Arrow

How the housing crisis is destroying university life

With part-time jobs, fewer lectures and long commutes, many university students are weighing up whether it’s worth turning up to class.

26.02.2025 9

WA Today

Michelle Arrow

How the housing crisis is destroying university life

With part-time jobs, fewer lectures and long commutes, many university students are weighing up whether it’s worth turning up to class.

26.02.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Michelle Arrow

How the housing crisis is destroying university life

With part-time jobs, fewer lectures and long commutes, many university students are weighing up whether it’s worth turning up to class.

26.02.2025 10

The Age

Michelle Arrow

How the housing crisis is destroying university life

With part-time jobs, fewer lectures and long commutes, many university students are weighing up whether it’s worth turning up to class.

26.02.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Michelle Arrow

Well-Behaved Women: this cabaret-esque celebration of women icons is musically delightful – but historically lacking

Women have long turned to the past to understand their place in the present. Many “great women” of history have served as role models and sources...

03.10.2024 3

The Conversation

Michelle Arrow