State of play -- Does feminism need a theory of "the state"? -- Ethnicity meets gender meets class in Australia -- Colonization and decolonization -- Aboriginal struggle in the face of terrorism -- Feminism and the federal bureaucracy 1972-1983 -- Femocrats, official feminism and the uses of power -- Government action against employment discrimination -- Women in trade unions in Australia -- Making industry work for women -- Feminism and law reform -- Sex equality and the Australian body politic -- Interpretation of a frontline state -- Encounters with the state -- Feminist cultural production -- Fathers, brothers, mates
