News & Views Albanese promotes four women in cabinet reshuffle as frontbench reaches gender parity Amanda Rishworth will become the new Minister for the NDIS in a cabinet reshuffle that sees four women promoted to new roles.
News & Views Senator Malarndirri McCarthy appointed as new Minister for Indigenous Australians after cabinet reshuffle Labor’s new cabinet will be sworn in today, with NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy to be the new Minister for Indigenous Australians.
News & Views Julie Bishop says Tony Abbott had “no choice” but to include her in his 2013 male-dominated cabinet Julie Bishop says she may have only been included in Abbott’s cabinet because of her position as the elected deputy leader of the Liberal Party.
News & Views Linda Reynolds announces plans to quit politics in 2025 West Australia Liberal senator Linda Reynolds has announced she will retire from federal parliament at the next election in 2025.
News & Views Former cabinet minister Karen Andrews calls out sexual harassment in Parliament House The former cabinet minister has spoken out about sexual harassment from a male colleague in Parliament House.
Advice 7 things Australia’s new Minister for Women should be thinking about right now Isn’t it wonderful that the bearer of the country’s highest office believes the status of women is so important that he needs to personally take on the responsibility for progress and change? Isn’t that the obvious take-out message from our new PM’s self-appointment? Tony Abbott made it clear during the election that Team Abbott would be a government that offers real change.
News & Views Lack of diversity isn’t bad luck. It’s bad management Our new PM has described as ‘unfortunate’ the fact that there is only one woman in the Coalition Cabinet and six in the 42-strong Ministry (14.