The only women to have played prominent roles in the four-week campaign have been the wives of the three main party leaders, but the attention paid to their hairstyles and clothes has not been matched by high-profile contributions from female MPs.
With just a couple of days left until Thursday's general election Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman has so far been sidelined by Gordon Brown's de facto deputy prime minister Peter Mandelson, who has taken the role overseeing Labour's campaign that Ms Harman had coveted.
One of the few women on the Conservative front bench, the work and pensions spokeswoman Theresa May, was last night due to set out new rules to force publicly listed companies to hire more female directors, an often-controversial reform that was pioneered in Norway.
To read the complete story please visit The Australian.
The only women to have played prominent roles in the four-week campaign have been the wives of the three main party leaders, but the attention paid to their hairstyles and clothes has not been matched by high-profile contributions from female MPs.
With just a couple of days left until Thursday's general election Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman has so far been sidelined by Gordon Brown's de facto deputy prime minister Peter Mandelson, who has taken the role overseeing Labour's campaign that Ms Harman had coveted.
One of the few women on the Conservative front bench, the work and pensions spokeswoman Theresa May, was last night due to set out new rules to force publicly listed companies to hire more female directors, an often-controversial reform that was pioneered in Norway.
To read the complete story please visit The Australian.