Anne Summers
Anne Summers


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Anne Summers is a best selling Australian author, journalist and speaker on political and social, especially women's, issues. Anne led the Office of the Status of Women from 1983-86 and was advisor to Prime Ministers Paul Keating and Bob Hawke. She is a former editor of Good Weekend, and is a Sydney Morning Herald columnist. Anne's books include Damned Whores and God's Police (1975; 1994; 2002), Ducks on the Pond), her autobiography (1999), and The End of Equality (2003). In 1988 Anne and Sandra Yates led a buyout of Ms. and Sassy magazines in New York. Anne is a member of the Australian Society of Authors and of Sydney PEN, a Walkley Award winner and an Officer in the Order of Australia. Since 2002 she has facilitated the annual Serious Women's Business conference, Australia's leading conference for women in business. She is a board member of the Institute for Cultural Diversity, Deputy President of Sydney's Powerhouse Museum and was Chair of Greenpeace International from 2000 to 2006.

On Luck book cover My latest book ON LUCK was released last October.

Part of the Melbourne University Press series "Little Books on Big Themes" my companion volumes are:

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PLUS CA CHANGE BARACK?

It is just ten days until Barack Obama becomes America's first African-American President in an Inauguration that promses to be high on symbolism as well as ceremony. But even before he is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, the man who promised "change we can believe in" has already caused deep disappointment among previously ardent supporters who are realising, with some bitterness, that perhaps there will more plus ca than change  in Barack Obama's administration.

Read my latest article from the Sydney Morning Herald.

 

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MY NEW BOOK

Read an early draft of an excerpt from THE LOST MOTHER, my new book to be published in May by Melbourne University Press, or browse my previously published books here.

 

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The Inauguration of BARACK OBAMA as the 44th President of the United States will take place on January 20.

See Obama's plans for America on his transition website:

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SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON's confirmation hearing to clear the way for her to become US Secretary of State will take place on January 13. She is expected to be confirmed speedily, clearing the way for her to start the job as soon as Obama becomes President.  She will have a full InTray, starting with the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

 

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The rapid economic development of China has come at a huge environmental cost to that country and its people. How much responsibility does Australia, as an exporter of energy resources to China, have to bear for those problems? Read Chip Rolley's compelling essay from the Griffith Review: The Brown Peril.

Keep up with the latest in the movement for sustainability with Tree Hugger, a US blog.

 

Check out the Garnaut Report on how Australia should address climate change

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