NSW politics

Women’s Agenda gets a short phone call in with Labor leader and potential next premier of NSW Chris Minns just before this weekend’s election

We look at the proportion of female candidates across different parties, and meet a cross section of six women running.

There’ve been a few experimental programs in Canada and the US. But the most similar to the NSW proposal is the UK’s Child Trust Fund.

An inquiry has found the appointment of John Barilaro to a lucrative New York trade job had all the “trademarks of a jobs for the boys” position.

NSW Labor will double funding for Women’s Health Centres across the state if it is elected, promising $100 million over five years.

Helen Conway is running for election as an independent in the NSW State Election, supported by the same “teal” group that backed Kylea Tink.

The Liberal Party’s most senior woman in NSW parliament, Natalie Ward, has failed to win preselection for the northern Sydney seat of Davidson.

John Barilaro has told an inquiry that he is the “victim” in the saga surrounding the $500,000 New York trade commissioner position.

NSW Labor’s deputy leader Prue Car has revealed on Twitter she will take leave after a large tumour on her kidney was discovered recently.

New NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has six young kids, so we’ve been wondering here at Women’s Agenda just how he’ll juggle his home life alongside his new gig.

A social and economic conservative, Perrottet was elected to the NSW parliament in 2011. He is well-known to be a staunchly religious Catholic.

Why is it that only middle-aged, white men are being taken seriously as leadership contenders in NSW Labor after the by-election?