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Jenna Clarke

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Don’t sweat the small stuffCommentsPremium
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With everything going on, why argue about Bluey?

The vaccine roll-out is botched, and we’re talking about fairy bread. Little is being done to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody and we’re arguing about a cartoon dog. What’s wrong with this picture?

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Melting potCommentsPremiumAn AFL star’s Ramadan is a lesson for all Australians

Bachar Houl playing alongside Daniel Rioli is what makes this country the best place in the world.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Life of serviceCommentsPremium
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Prince Philip was a man who lived to serve his Queen

Despite being the most alpha of alpha males, Prince Philip quietly put service above himself and his ambitions to ensure the Queen thrived in her duties and at work.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

‘Premature ejaculation’CommentsPremiumUWA’s PROSH magazine’s d**k jokes don’t cut it

Blame it on the rawness of our PC nerves nowadays but it feels PROSH is becoming an ugly window into private school kids’ lives instead of a humorous poke at it.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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lost liberal valuesCommentsPremium
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We need gender quotas to fix broken Canberra culture

It’s time for quotas inside Australia’s political class. Because what we’re seeing at the highest levels of society is not an honest representation of who we are, or what we want to be, as a nation.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Turn offCommentsPremium
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Married At First Sight, politics and bad feminism

How anyone in Australia’s current political climate can watch garbage like Married At First Sight has me stumped.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Landmark decisionCommentsPremium
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Progress toward Cowan statue a giant leap for womankind

Last week I called for the installation of a statue memorial for Edith Cowan — the first woman elected to any parliament in Australia. By Monday, the plan was $50,000 nearer.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Read the roomCommentsPremiumTrue leaders know when to shut up and listen

Yes, Prime Minister, you’re about to cop another earbashing... but it’s worth your while to listen.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Missing tributeCommentsPremium
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Why doesn’t our first female MP have her own statue?

Who was the first woman to serve in any Australian parliament? Geraldton girl Edith Cowan. Does she have a statue to commemorate her contribution to equality, her State and country? No.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Fallout beginsCommentsPremium
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WA Liberals need an anti-zealot makeover

Public life is a calling. It’s not, or it should not be, a way to assert power and push fringe agendas.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Teflon tudgeCommentsPremium
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We will not be lectured about respect by this man

It’s been over a week since the press conference that saw Christian Porter dig in and say he will not be quitting his post as the highest law officer in the land — and we are still angry.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Time for changeCommentsPremium
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Don’t dismiss Harry and Meghan’s pain

The time for ‘never complain, never explain’ is over. One thing we should all agree on is that if people open up and tell their truth — listen.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Equality TrailblazerCommentsPremium
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Why we need more women like Edith Cowan

Women are tired. Tired of systemic barriers, harassment and unconscious bias. Amid all this exhaustion it’s humbling to remember the women who walked so we could run — like Edith Cowan.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Ally for womenCommentsPremium
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Diana would be proud of her feminist son

For all his temper tantrums and strops with media and his family, it’s good to see Haz appears to be a wonderful ally for women and a lovely human, and, my gosh, wouldn’t his mother be proud?

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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house of cadsCommentsPremium
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Forget office, this mob couldn’t run a chook raffle

They rubbish humanities, despite most of them having arts degrees, they whinge about welfare but have always been able to afford milk. No wonder they couldn’t keep their offices safe for their staff.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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‘Cut the bulldust’CommentsPremium
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Our idea of what makes a ‘terrible boss’ has to change

In 2016 Meryl Streep played the ‘boss from hell’ in The Devil Wears Prada. But given all we’ve seen and heard since the Brittany Higgins case came to light, she’s actually an example of a good one.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Sink or swimCommentsPremiumIt’s 2021 and women still aren’t safe in Parliament

Politics, like life, is tough. And as Brittany Higgins said you are often left to sink or swim. Which makes life pretty hard when the patriarchy and sisterhood are holding your head under the water.

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Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Winning formulaCommentsPremium
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Diversity is an age-old recipe for success

The Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers show the benefits of different voices in sport (and politics).

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Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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The time for being polite about sexual abuse is over

After watching Australian of the Year Grace Tame share her confronting story, we must now be inspired by her bravery to tackle issues that have been too tough for too long, writes Jenna Clarke.

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Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Jenna ClarkeCommentsPremiumGood fortune that’s worth celebrating

I’ve decided to treat Australia Day like a personal Thanksgiving — a time to reflect and refocus on what’s important to ensure we all prosper, but also pay the appropriate homage to our past.

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Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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The moment that summed up Biden’s election perfectly

It was the personification of serenity, pride and hope all rolled into one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment — and Jennifer Lopez delivered it today at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Out of boundsCommentsPremium
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Tennis brats and the c-word

Tennis is to sport what Keeping up with the Kardashians is to TV — it’s just razzle dazzle with racquets.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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the old magicCommentsPremium
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Why we desperately need normalcy in the White House

There may be sceptism about ‘sleepy Joe’ Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris, but if we see just a slither of them working as a team instead of an isolated tyrant, the world might avoid more horror.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

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Why antigen testing could be handy tool in COVID fight

Rapid antigen testing acts like a pregnancy test: it’s not too uncomfortable and it takes just minutes to show whether you are positive or negative for COVID-19. But WA has so far resisted

Jenna Clarke

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