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Liz Gooch

Brisbane Times

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‘Gender apartheid’: Why we can’t forget the women of Afghanistan

Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

05.03.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liz Gooch

‘Gender apartheid’: Why we can’t forget the women of Afghanistan

Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

05.03.2026 30

The Age

Liz Gooch

‘Gender apartheid’: Why we can’t forget the women of Afghanistan

Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

05.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Liz Gooch

‘Gender apartheid’: Why we can’t forget the women of Afghanistan

Afghani men are now permitted to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

05.03.2026 40

WA Today

Liz Gooch

Trump’s war on women enters sinister new phase

“Bounty hunter” laws for doctors who prescribe abortion pills, bans on terminations for child rape victims – what else can the US do to its women?

02.12.2025 20

WA Today

Liz Gooch

Trump’s war on women enters sinister new phase

“Bounty hunter” laws for doctors who prescribe abortion pills, bans on terminations for child rape victims – what else can the US do to its women?

02.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liz Gooch

Trump’s war on women enters sinister new phase

“Bounty hunter” laws for doctors who prescribe abortion pills, bans on terminations for child rape victims – what else can the US do to its women?

02.12.2025 20

The Age

Liz Gooch

Trump’s war on women enters sinister new phase

“Bounty hunter” laws for doctors who prescribe abortion pills, bans on terminations for child rape victims – what else can the US do to its women?

02.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Liz Gooch

Postcard from America’s richest city, where hunger and poverty are mainstream

The US shutdown is thawing, but winter is coming to New York, where one in four residents live in poverty alongside the 384,500 millionaires.

13.11.2025 20

WA Today

Liz Gooch

Postcard from America’s richest city, where hunger and poverty are mainstream

The US shutdown is thawing, but winter is coming to New York, where one in four residents live in poverty alongside the 384,500 millionaires.

13.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liz Gooch

Postcard from America’s richest city, where hunger and poverty are mainstream

The US shutdown is thawing, but winter is coming to New York, where one in four residents live in poverty alongside the 384,500 millionaires.

13.11.2025 20

The Age

Liz Gooch

Postcard from America’s richest city, where hunger and poverty are mainstream

The US shutdown is thawing, but winter is coming to New York, where one in four residents live in poverty alongside the 384,500 millionaires.

13.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Liz Gooch

As a parent, I’m watching America’s anti-vax madness with horror

Florida’s surgeon-general has compared vaccination to slavery. It’s part of a war on science which may cost many lives.

12.09.2025 10

WA Today

Liz Gooch

As a parent, I’m watching America’s anti-vax madness with horror

Florida’s surgeon-general has compared vaccination to slavery. It’s part of a war on science which may cost many lives.

12.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liz Gooch

As a parent, I’m watching America’s anti-vax madness with horror

Florida’s surgeon-general has compared vaccination to slavery. It’s part of a war on science which may cost many lives.

12.09.2025 10

The Age

Liz Gooch

As a parent, I’m watching America’s anti-vax madness with horror

Florida’s surgeon-general has compared vaccination to slavery. It’s part of a war on science which may cost many lives.

12.09.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Liz Gooch

In Trump’s America, even words are under attack

The list, perhaps predictably, starts with the ‘A’ words. “Accessible”. “Advocate”. “At risk”. Moving through the alphabet, we have...

12.06.2025 10

WA Today

Liz Gooch

In Trump’s America, even words are under attack

Efforts to control language never work. Banning something only makes it more powerful.

11.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liz Gooch

In Trump’s America, even words are under attack

Efforts to control language never work. Banning something only makes it more powerful.

11.06.2025 10

The Age

Liz Gooch

In Trump’s America, even words are under attack

Efforts to control language never work. Banning something only makes it more powerful.

11.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Liz Gooch

As a reporter, I tread more carefully in Trump’s America. Press freedom is in peril

The man who called the media “the enemy of the people” is back in the White House. This affects everyone.

05.03.2025 6

WA Today

Liz Gooch

As a reporter, I tread more carefully in Trump’s America. Press freedom is in peril

The man who called the media “the enemy of the people” is back in the White House. This affects everyone.

05.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Liz Gooch

As a reporter, I tread more carefully in Trump’s America. Press freedom is in peril

The man who called the media “the enemy of the people” is back in the White House. This affects everyone.

05.03.2025 10

The Age

Liz Gooch

As a reporter, I tread more carefully in Trump’s America. Press freedom is in peril

The man who called the media “the enemy of the people” is back in the White House. This affects everyone.

05.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Liz Gooch