The former Australian of the Year tells her extraordinary story of courage in the public spotlight.

The journalist, writer and lifelong women’s rights activist who to many is the ‘godmother of Australian feminism’.

The unstoppable changemaker that became Australia's youngest ever Senator and has built a stellar career post-politics that propelled her on to the global stage as a warrior for women’s rights and gender equality.

In her first week as the first ever woman Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Sally McManus had parts of the media and politicians calling for her to resign. But she survived and thrived, creating powerful change for the union movement.

How this amazing changemaker convinced the world of finance to defund the tobacco industry.

From Kitchen Table Conversations to lasting substantial policy change.

For episode two of our series on Australian Women Changemakers we hear from a life-long activist for social and environmental justice and a passionate advocate against racism and misogyny.

In the first episode of our new series on Australian Women Changemakers we hear how Chanel Contos started a movement that led to social and policy reform around consent

In this final episode of our BroadTalk Election22 series we rip into what happened to turn the Australian federal election into a watershed moment for women and why!

At the end of what feels like a long and bitter federal election campaign, Virginia is joined by award winning journalist, Jess Hill, acclaimed author Nikki Gemmell, and one of Australia’s most powerful businesswomen, Carol Schwartz AO.

The BroadTalkers tackle the leaked draft judgement in the US that threatens to fundamentally shift the dial back on abortion rights, the spectacle of soft-shouting blokes at the leaders' debates, and climate change.

We’ve made it past the half way point of the election campaign! Give yourself a pat on the back for making it this far and enjoy our amazing panel casting a gender lens over the week in politics.

What does Elon Musk's potential takeover of Twitter mean for women's opportunities to engage in public debate? What's the best way to deal with online trolls and abuse? And what does John Howard calling the Teal independents 'anti-Liberal groupies' say about the state of the Liberal party?

It's week two of Australia's Federal Election campaign - a week of hard hats and hi-vis, of infrastructure and economy announcements, and a culture war attack on the rights of trans women.

We're back, BroadTalkers! And in this special series we cast a razor-sharp gender lens over the politics, policy, and pork-barrelling of Australia's Federal Election 2022. Joining Virginia Haussegger to discuss the first week of campaigning are Jane Caro and Georgie Dent.

What’s it like when the professional inquisitor becomes the subject of inquisition? Well, you’re about to find out!  In this special episode of BroadTalk we flip the microphone around and put host Virginia Haussegger in the ‘hot seat’.

Elizabeth Ames discusses female imposter syndrome; the art of networking; how she ditched a career in diplomacy, moved countries again, and built a whole new career from scratch.

Virginia chats with an exceptional icon of Australian feminism - Wendy McCarthy AO. Wendy is perhaps most fated for her mentorship of hundreds, if not thousands, of women executives, business leaders, political aspirants and MP’s. 

In 2018, when Julia Banks quit the Liberal party and became an Independent, she was the first woman to so boldly turn on her own party.  What followed was a relentless attack on Julia Banks sanity … from death threats to numerous attempts to discredit her. 

What do you do when you see gender injustice …and then can’t make yourself ‘unsee’ it?  Well, if you are a leading feminist lawyer such as Jocelynne Scutt you dedicate your life to fighting it.