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Victoria Parliament
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
‘We can’t leave parliaments to men’: Leading in Spring Street
The Age
Ask every female politician in the Victorian Parliament and they will most likely have that one story. There’s the young mother who was reprimanded for wearing black skinny jeans in the Legislative Assembly (“it was one less thing I needed to iron...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
She Runs program aims to boost the number of women in politics as sexism scandals swirl
ABC News
In a Perth workshop, 23 women have been learning to run. The women are fellows at a "campaign school" run by the not-for-profit group She Runs, aiming to equip them with all the skills they need to run for and thrive in office. Their graduation from...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Australia: Record numbers of women are having babies in the Federal Parliament and now coronavirus might help them
ABC News
There's an unusual sense of calm inside Lisa Chesters' office. A green square inside her clock is flashing as bells ring throughout the building. But she's in no rush to leave. Gone is a Pavlovian response to bells, where everything is dropped to...
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Wednesday, September 09, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Tony Abbott just proved why we’re all looking to women leaders to get us out of this crisis
Women´s agenda
Oh Tony. Tony, Tony, Tony. Just when we thought we were free of your irrational, fear-mongering drivel, you pipe up with another nugget of gold. This time, you thought you’d share your wisdom on the Coronavirus pandemic and Australia’s response to...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2020
Victorian local government elections could see a return to all-male councils, as fewer women stand because of coronavirus
ABC
There are fears October's local government elections could see a return of all-male councils in Victoria, with concerns fewer women will stand because of coronavirus impacts. The Colac-Otway Shire in south-west Victoria is one of 14 councils in the...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Pregnant MPs warn they are being shut out of inflexible Parliament
Brisbane Times
Pregnant federal MPs have warned they risk being shut out of parliamentary discussions because of the failure to agree on virtual participation with video-conferencing technology when Parliament returns later this month. The MPs warn the lack of...
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Thursday, August 13, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Will the pandemic help or hinder an Australian “women’s wave” in politics?
Women's Agenda
By Kristine Ziwica, In June, Chris Wallace, an associate professor at the University of Canberra’s 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, wrote a piece for The Conversation in which she claimed that Morrison’s decision to end free child care and single out the...
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Monday, June 29, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Ten years since Australia got its first female prime minister, how diverse is our parliament?
SBS News
By Vivienne Pearson, On 24 June 2010, Julia Gillard was sworn in as Australia’s 27th – and first female – prime minister. But a decade on, gender equality in politics has some way to go. It’s been a rocky decade for women in politics. “I couldn’t...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Australia: Women at the frontline (and the rear) of COVID-19
Blue Notes
Laura Moorby has never been busier. She’s a Relationship Manager for ANZ in the Australian Capital Territory and her customers heard the bank would assist them with loan repayment suspensions and other relief measures in response to COVID-19. Her...
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Monday, May 04, 2020
The quiet diplomacy of Marise Payne
The Sydney Morning Herald
On Sunday, Marise Payne left no one in doubt that Australia will use its suppression of the coronavirus to push its diplomatic weight on the world stage. After spending weeks working on getting stranded Australians home, the foreign affairs minister...
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Monday, April 06, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Australia: Where are the women MPs in the coronavirus crisis?
Broad Agenda
By Sonia Palmieri, On Wednesday, a special sitting of Parliament will pass the third COVID-19 support package around wage subsidies. At this stage it’s not known exactly how many MPs will be at the sitting, although the minimum required is 31. Most...
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Friday, April 03, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Two women on the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission. Is it enough?
Womens Agenda
By Angela Priestley, Jane Halton and Catherine Tanna have been appointed to the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission. The Commission’s been created by the Morrison Government to help address an extraordinary set of challenges over the days,...
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Thursday, April 02, 2020
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Australia: Covid-19 responses, why feminist leadership matters in a crisis
Iowy Institute
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and, as seen by the actions of the White House and even our own Australian government, the usual mandates for gender balance and equality have already fallen by the wayside. It hardly seems like a...
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Friday, February 28, 2020
Australia: Politics is where change happens. We must get more women involved
Womens Agenda
Five years after the launch of Pathways to Politics, which was set up by leading business figure and women’s rights campaigner Carol Schwartz to “empower women to lead Australia”, Women’s Agenda caught up with Schwartz to take stock of the landscape...
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Friday, November 08, 2019
Interviews
Julia Gillard on breaking barriers for women in politics and why she's an optimist
Chatham House
Julia Gillard, you became the first female prime minister in Australian history in 2010. What have been the challenges and opportunities for you as a woman working in politics? Have the obstacles women face in positions of power changed over the...
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Friday, June 28, 2019
Is this why there are so few women in politics?
The Sidney Morning Herald
The lack of female federal MPs could be due in part to women being held back from climbing the political staffer career ladder, says the author of a study that reveals women start lower in the staffer hierarchy and progress at a slower rate than men...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Australia: Women in parliament to hit record high but 'long way to go' until gender parity
SBS News
The next federal parliament is set to have a record number of women but Australia still has a "long way to go" until it achieves gender parity in its corridors of power. After Saturday's election, female candidates are on track to win at least 81 of...
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Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019 election: Why politics is toxic for Australia’s women
BBC
Australian women in politics have had enough. A slew of allegations of sexist bullying and misogyny have emerged in recent years, while at the same time the country has steadily tumbled down the global rankings for female political representation....
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