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Still waiting

I was bored at work – that’s how it started. I borrowed an unused video camera and promised my boss I wouldn’t break it. Hillary Clinton was running for US president, and I couldn’t help wondering about the state of feminism in this part of the world. Were we any better?

The heart of my film is about why it’s taking so long to reach gender equality in Australia and New

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