Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam has made history as the first pregnant leader of an Australian political party. The University of Melbourne graduate entered parliament in 2017 after spending 1…
Looking for talented politicians? Broaden your gaze, says Julia Gillard
There’s no denying that our nation’s leadership is lacking cultural diversity. Despite the government’s claims that “Australia is the most successful multicultural nation in th…
Australia achieves historic gender balance in Senate after Sarah Henderson’s weekend win
Sarah Henderson’s preselection win in Victoria over the weekend will split the number of female and male Senators evenly at 38 each for the first time in history. “Achieving equal numbers of men…
She put her hand during the high-profile Wentworth by-election, now Licia Heath wants more women to follow
Licia Heath is the CEO of Women for Election Australia (WFEA) a not-for-profit, non-partisan organisation encouraging and supporting more women to succeed in Australian politics. The former Wentworth …
UK MP Caroline Lucas proposes an emergency all-female cabinet
The Green MP for Brighton Pavilion in the U.K’s East Sussex and her party’s only MP, Caroline Lucas, has written an open letter to a cross-party group republished in today’s The Guardian, callin…
Julia Gillard: Knitting shows another side of me
Julia Gillard’s push for the women’s vote has been ramped up again with a photograph of the prime minister knitting in an armchair released by the Australian Women’s Weekly today. In…
