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It was a landmark year for women in a number of fields. Here’s 10 lining up to dominate in 2013, courtesy of Women’s Agenda writer Rose Powell.

Liberal Party deputy Julie Bishop is leading a heavy hitting group of Libs and Nats on a three-city tour of China, attempting to smooth over some of Tony Abbott’s past mistakes.

The AWU scandal will, in parliamentary terms, end this afternoon. And it seems the Prime Minister is fired up for a final showdown.

Abbott in Xmas party boo-boo … Big Brother is watching News … does Australia Post put on the best Xmas do? …

Julia Gillard is now under fire for taking questions on the AWU issue at a press conference — apparently she’s avoiding Parliament. That argument is nonsense: John Howard misled Parliament and got away with it.

You weren’t expecting high-minded policy debate in Parliament, were you? You only got muckraking, mendacity and malice this week. With barely an ounce of wit.

What should have been a brief exchange of pleasantries turned into a diplomatic disaster when Julie Bishop outlined the opposition’s policy on “sending back” asylum seeker boats to Indonesia.

On the weekend a seemingly baffled Peter Fitzsimmons wondered why Julia Gillard and Julie Bishop can’t be nice to each other. After all, they’re women! reports news with nipples.

Julie Bishop recently announced her ambition to have Asian languages compulsorily taught in school. For one thing, it would be certain be a master stroke in soft diplomacy, writes Aidan Wilson.

Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart hosted a lunch with WA Premier Colin Barnett with a presentation from a prominent Australian climate-change sceptic, writes Graham Readfearn.

Another Coalition frontbencher has been caught out relying on dodgy claims off the internet, along with plenty of others.

A group of bloggers has again sprung Julie Bishop using material from other sources - including some howling errors.

Plenty of placards at the anti-carbon tax rally were misogynist. Problem is, they reflect our political culture, not differ from it.

Shock jocks aren’t journalists, but they should have the decency to treat the political leaders of this country with a little bit of respect, because the recent rudeness just lowers the — already low — standard of public debate, declares Phillip Coorey.

For about three seconds there, Andrew Robb planned to challenge Julie Bishop for the role of Liberal deputy, as revenge to Joe Hockey. Peter Hartcher reveals how it all fell apart.

Being described as “competent” isn’t exactly the highest of praises, but Julie Bishop used precisely that word yesterday to describe Tony Abbott. Considering he’s a man many believe isn’t ready to govern, it was taken as a compliment, says Tony Wright.

Louise Burke has desperately tried to engage Julie Bishop on Twitter, but to no avail. Why won’t she respond? Burke isn’t asking for much - just 140 measly characters.