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Charlotte Mortlock

Charlotte Mortlock

Charlotte Mortlock is a former Sky News anchor, and founder of Hilma’s Network, which encourages women to join the Liberal Party.

Kellie Sloane visits Harris Park in Sydney

The Liberal Party has new female leaders. Now for some new voters.

The party is led by women federally and in NSW, Victoria and the NT. It’s time to fix the whole system.

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You have to laugh: Charlotte Mortlock with her baby.

Babies need a rebrand: with the birthrate in freefall, we’re overlooking one aspect of parenting

It’s not all a horror story, I promise. I’ve discovered that having a child is actually very funny.

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Those who choose not to drink shouldn’t be stigmatised, but alcohol can be powerful in bringing people together.

In an era of wellbeing obsessions, I’ve become deeply sober un-curious

Sure, we might be mitigating plenty of risk factors. But in the process of eliminating so many things from our lives, we also reduce connection, joy and humour.

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Sussan Ley has been named leader of the Liberal Party. She is the first woman to ever hold the position.

Women have won the Liberal Party battle. Now we need to win the war

This is not the first time our party has been at this crossroads. But it is the first time we have turned in the right direction.

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Peter Dutton seemed

The Liberal Party is still beholden to a small cohort of angry men. Women have had enough

I tried many times to meet Peter Dutton about the party’s women problem. It’s clear this wasn’t a priority for him.

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Working from home meant the number of people using parents to care for their children has fallen.

The workplace change that could fix our declining birth rate

For some parents, it’s not that they can’t afford to have more children, it’s that they simply don’t have the time to raise them.

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Charlotte Mortlock and her girlfriends on a recent girls trip in London.

Forget the wellness fads: Why a girls’ trip is the most restorative thing you can do

There is nothing as delicious as surrounding yourself with people who know the story of your first pash at a school dance or remember your emo phase.

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US Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 30, where rapper Megan Thee Stallion performed.

So what if Kamala is big on TikTok? You don’t have to yuck young voters’ yum

If politicians want Gen Z and Millennials to get excited about politics, they have to meet them where they’re at, and that’s exactly what Harris is doing.

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In the early hours, the dog park is a great neutraliser of class and wealth.

Shame, humility and tennis balls: Going to the dog park is like church, but better

God is God. At the park, God is a ball. Priests are dog groomers or walkers. Holy bread is chicken (unless you’re an oodle with an allergy).

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Influencer Tammy Hembrow.

‘I don’t know’: Why opting out of conversations has become a social media crime

Some people do powerful work on social media. But they’re usually not the ones pressuring fitness models to provide insight into global conflicts.  

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