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 on October 6.

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

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OUR FUTURE IN THE BALANCE

In 37 days we will know who Americans have chosen as their next president. Their decision could not be more crucial, not just for the debt-ravaged United States but for the entire world, and the unprecedented events of the past week have given us all a pretty clear picture of what's at stake. Read my latest article from the Sydney Morning Herald.

facebook iconCheck out my page on Facebook where I post recent articles about the US elections, on items of relevance to women - and anything else that takes my fancy. 

articles iconLast December I was invited by the Victorian Government to deliver the 2007 Human Rights Oration, to mark International Human Rights Day.  I was asked to address the subject of putting women back into the human rights agenda.  My speech was well received by the hundreds in the audience. You can read it here.

books iconRead an excerpt from The Lost Mother, my work in progress, or browse my previously published books here.

 

links iconUS ELECTIONS:
The world watches with bated breath to see which team Americans will choose on November 4: Obama/Biden or McCain/Palin. Follow the elections and the surrounding hoopla on these sites:

How lethal is Palin? check out what other Alaskans think.

For comment you won't get in the mainstream press:

Keep abreast of the campaigns:

Follow the polls: Real Clear Politics (summarises all polls)

Check out American feminist Robin Morgan's powerful denunciation of the double standard at work in the Democratic Primary race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (Yes, still relevant even though Hillary is no longer in the race)

stop press iconGREEN READS
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.

The National Library of Australia archives this website and my blog.

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