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“Every woman and every girl has benefited from Susan Ryan’s leadership.” Penny Wong honours Susan Ryan

Senator Penny Wong has given a moving condolence motion for Susan Ryan, the former ALP senator and minister.

We have enough electorates named after dead white men. It’s time we chose a woman instead

The AEC is taking submissions on the name for a new federal electorate. Prominent women like Susan Ryan deserve consideration.

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Vale Susan Ryan, pioneer Labor feminist who showed big, difficult policy changes can, and should, be made

Susan Ryan brought brains and spirit to the big fights and relished them. What’s more, she won them, writes Chris Wallace.

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‘A shag on a rock’: Pioneer for women in politics, Susan Ryan dies at 77

Susan Ryan, a formidable trailblazer for women in politics, and Australia’s first ever female, Minister for Women, has died aged 77.