New research predicts Australia’s 46th parliament will be unrepresentative of the population when it comes to gender, cultural background and physical ability. Based on the current pool of preselected…
‘Parliament is decades out of date & too blokey’: Malcolm Turnbull on Q&A
The former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spent an hour on television on Thursday evening for a special episode of the ABC’s Q&A program. He was calm and confident as he fielded questions o…
Meet three new female MPs who will soon be knocking on Abbott’s door
With a Cabinet decidedly lacking in female faces much talk has surfaced about the women who are waiting in the wings. Tony Abbott himself said there are talented women knocking on the Cabinet door. So…
Why some Australian women loathe Tony Abbott – especially now
If you think David Cameron has a ‘woman’s problem’, meet Tony Abbott: the new Australian PM who, among other things, said people should vote for him because he has “not bad loo…
Get your hand up for an opportunity – just be ready for the added scrutiny
Labor’s new deputy leader in the senate, Senator Jacinta Collins, is an example of a woman who knows an opportunity when she sees one and the need to put her hand up to grab it. We haven’t…
Julia Gillard’s three year anniversary: Is Australia still struggling with a female PM?
On June 24, 2010, Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, was sworn into office by Australia’s first female governor-general, Quentin Bryce. The iconic photographs of that day spoke of…
