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Victorian local government review prompts concerns about female representation

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Australia: multicultural quotas on the cards for Labor

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Labor would be forced to pick culturally diverse and Indigenous candidates under a quota plan that is expected to attract support from across the party at its national conference in August.

Labor would be forced to pick culturally diverse and Indigenous candidates under a quota plan that is expected to attract support from across the party at its national conference in August.

When will things improve for women in parliament? They already have

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July 3, 2023

When will things improve for women in parliament? They already have

Let’s not sugar coat it, last week was a demoralising and often disturbing time to be a woman in Australian politics.

Let’s not sugar coat it, last week was a demoralising and often disturbing time to be a woman in Australian politics.

The long road to gender equality: overcoming institutional resistance to change

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June 28, 2023

The long road to gender equality: overcoming institutional resistance to change

In recent weeks, media coverage out of Australia’s national Parliament has been dominated by the unedifying spectacle of political point-scoring over the leaked phone messages of former political staffer and victim of alleged rape, Brittany Higgins.

In recent weeks, media coverage out of Australia’s national Parliament has been dominated by the unedifying spectacle of political point-scoring over the leaked phone messages of former political staffer and victim of alleged rape, Brittany Higgins.

Australia: media don’t help. They enable violence against women and fuel the backlash

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June 23, 2023

Australia: media don’t help. They enable violence against women and fuel the backlash

Nearly six years after the #MeToo movement arrived in Australia, and more than a decade after the launch of the first national plan to reduce violence against women, those

Nearly six years after the #MeToo movement arrived in Australia, and more than a decade after the launch of the first national plan to reduce violence against women, those