27 July 2026

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Could a popular indie news founder, unseat PM Anthony Albanese from Grayndler at the next Federal election?

That’s certainly the hope for Hannah Ferguson. The owner of Cheek Media, spoke with Women’s Agenda’s Madeline Hislop this morning to give more of an update on her shifting political plans, and why she’s set her sights on the Lower House and one of Labor’s safest seats.

Elsewhere in politics, a leadership spill is on the cards in Victoria. Here's what you need to know about the escalating challenge facing Premier Jacinta Allan today. With more (inevitably) to come.

In other news, we share this piece on entrepreneur Elysia Krstevski, who, after struggling to warm her baby's milk while battling mastitis, decided to build the product she couldn't find. Today, Meke Baby is launching nationwide in Baby Bunting stores.

And a heartbreaking update on the woman hit in a car crash on Friday afternoon in Tasmania, with news she succumbed to injuries this morning. The woman was hit by an erratic male driver who was fleeing the scene of an alleged domestic violence incident in which he is believed to have stabbed another woman known to him.

More on site and over the day.

Tarla Lambert-Patel

Editor in Chief & Co Founder

The Key Quote

“We need to be outside of the political establishment and challenging this broken system. But it doesn’t only look like Pauline Hanson.”

Hannah Ferguson

Cheek Media founder and CEO Hannah Ferguson is seriously considering taking on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in his inner-west Sydney seat of Grayndler at the next federal election.

On Women's Agenda Today

Media founder to political hopeful? Hannah Ferguson considers run against Anthony Albanese in Grayndler

Cheek Media CEO Hannah Ferguson is considering taking on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in his inner-west Sydney seat of Grayndler. Read more +

Victoria's Labor government thrown into turmoil as Jacinta Allan fights for leadership

Reports suggest several ministers have urged Allan to consider stepping aside to avoid a damaging internal contest. Read more +

How one mum turned a painful breastfeeding experience into a new product category

While juggling parenthood and a job as CEO, Elysia designed and launched the Meke Baby Portable Milk Warmer in 2023. Read more +

Tasmanian woman dies after alleged domestic violence incident sparks fatal crash

A woman injured in a head-on crash in northern Tasmania after an alleged domestic violence incident has died in hospital. Read more +

Some disabled workers can legally be paid $3.31 an hour. Here’s how to reform a system built for a different era

Reform needs to be careful. Simply shutting down existing workplaces could leave some disabled workers worse off. Read more +

The Key Figure

$3.31

Disabled people employed in specialist disability workplaces can be paid sub-minimum wages as $3.31 per hour by a mechanism called the Supported Wage System. A new Grattan Institute report proposes a multi-pronged approach to fixing the system.

The win

How one mum turned a painful breastfeeding experience into a new product category

Elysia Krstevski is the founder of Australian brand Meke Baby, a business born from her own struggle with mastitis and need to safely warm up expressed breast milk. Meke Baby has now caught the eye of Baby Bunting.

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What got us talking this week: Andrew Tate's arrest on new UK charges, and how he was undone in the court of public opinion by a purple blouse. Plus, we unpack Pauline Hanson's claim that women should just "don't put up with it" — as new Anglicare research shows the cost of leaving family violence has jumped 71% in a decade, to over $7,000.

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