If the Coalition's aim is to stay in opposition, it's doing a bang-up job.

Not content with alienating voters in former blue-ribbon seats who think climate change is real by dithering on its net-zero commitment , several male Coalition MPs did their level best this week to alienate women as well.

Here's what happened. " Priya's Law " was an uncontroversial bill designed to clarify that employers can't just cancel paid parental leave if a child is stillborn or dies after birth. The law was drafted after baby Priya died when she was just 42 days old and a heartless employer notified Priya's mother, just days after her daughter's death, that her pre-approved parental leave was being cancelled and she was required to return to work.

It is every parent's worst nightmare. But for Barnab

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