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Women in parliament still aren’t safe. Mandatory alcohol and drug testing isn’t the long-term fix, but it could be enough in the short term.

There were 33 MPs kicked out of the House of Representatives during Question Time since July 2022 – and 29 of them were male parliamentarians.

The youngest MP to be elected in Aotearoa/New Zealand Parliament in over 150 years had delivered her maiden speech.

Queensland Greens MP Amy MacMahon said she is “making the most of her day” after she was banned from the Queensland parliament.

A bill was passed in India’s lower house of parliament, reserving one-third of seats in the lower house and state assemblies for women. 

Monash University research share their findings examining the Victorian government’s trailblazing Victim Survivors’ Advisory Council (VSAC),

For me, the opportunity for reform as stories emerged about the culture in Parliament, was not simply to make change in that workplace, but to make changes for workplaces around the country.

In the Members’ Hall last week, the WCC presented the Charter to 8 women MPs and senators from each of the major parties and independents.

New Zealand has hit a gender equality milestone, with women making up the majority of its parliament for the first time.

11 Indigenous representatives are now in federal parliament, most of them women. The Labor party is doing far better than the Liberals.

Liberal Party has a ‘women’s problem’ and should be fixed by introducing a “temporary” quota for women, according to Senator Linda Reynolds.