Coming together in volatile times

Minister for Finance and Women, Katy Gallagher, says Australia has a “substantial” gender pay gap problem after reporting shows two-thirds of businesses favour men.

Liberal MP Keith Wolahan says while the Coalition supports Stage 3 tax cuts, Labor’s backflip matters: “The people of Dunkley and Australia have seen that the Prime Minister has broken a promise.”

Nyadol Nyuon is a South Sudanese-Australian lawyer and human rights advocate, who wrote in 2022 “women and girls continue to bear the brunt of poverty and remain underrepresented in positions of power and influence”.

American journalist and author Nathan Thrall says the city of Jerusalem is the “most divided in the world" and there are “psychological consequences of living in such a deeply segregated place”.

Communications adviser and analyst Sabine Wolff wrote in 2016 that the Liberal Party, emboldened by Donald Trump in the US, was “vulnerable … to its populist right-wing flank”.

Alexander Zaytsev asked: My question is for Olga Oleinikova. I was born and grew up in Russia. I feel horrible about the atrocities committed by my country of birth in Ukraine and I stand with people of Ukraine in this conflict.

What potential challenges will President Zelensky face this year with the presidential elections having been put on hold due to the martial law extension? It appears that the war can last potentially for many more months, preventing elections. How do you believe this will affect democracy in Ukraine?

Why the rest of Australia should care about what’s happening at this elite school.