News & Views As Australia appears divided, women on the crossbench push for unity Female independent MPs have called out the rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Australia amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
News & Views Coalition MPs injure female House attendant while trying to avoid a vote A group of Coalition MPs have been reprimanded after injuring a female House attendant while trying to avoid a vote on Tuesday afternoon.
News & Views Our new parliament will have record numbers of women – will this finally make it a safe place to work? It looks as though the House of Representatives will have at least 57 women. What will it mean for the culture in parliament?
Politics ‘The things that motivated me then, still motivate me’: Tanya Plibersek becomes the longest serving woman in the House of Representatives Congratulations to Labor MP, Tanya Plibersek who’s become the longest serving woman in Australia’s House of Representatives.
News & Views Bronwyn Bishop to be speaker Liberal frontbencher Bronwyn Bishop has accepted the job of Speaker in the House of Representatives – despite making it known to colleagues earlier this year that she did not want the position.