Date/Time 29 Dec 2014 7:42:58am
Well, speaking as a single mother, nobody took my baby off me. That's nice.

I also can sail my own ship wherever I like (literally even!). Okay, it's still not easy, but I have choices now that I never would have had 40 years ago. And I personally want a career. So many women I know do. It's true that I may not be young enough, pretty enough or thin enough, but now that I don't have to have a husband to survive it doesn't matter so much. How much nicer to have someone who would appreciate me for the way I am, not what I look like.

We have gained a lot; Anna Bligh has just been elected premier in her own right. In 50 years - with any luck - there'll be so many female PMs and Premiers that we won't even feel the need to comment on it.

Soldier on Sisters! Things are improving.