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Australia: Liberal women have little chance if the system still favours party cronyism

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January 15, 2019

Australia: Liberal women have little chance if the system still favours party cronyism

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Many candidates – across all parties – are not selected on clear merit, especially for winnable seats.

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By Eugenie Joseph,

Many candidates – across all parties – are not selected on clear merit, especially for winnable seats.

Australia: Gillard to the Liberals: here's how you do gender equality

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December 11, 2018

Australia: Gillard to the Liberals: here's how you do gender equality

Julia Gillard, former prime minister, first ever woman prime minister of Australia, and member of a party with nearly 50 per cent representation in the parliamentary Labor Party has some advice for the Liberal Party.

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Julia Gillard, former prime minister, first ever woman prime minister of Australia, and member of a party with nearly 50 per cent representation in the parliamentary Labor Party has some advice for the Liberal Party.

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Tasmania elects majority of women in Australia state first

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Tasmania elects majority of women in Australia state first

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Tasmania has become the first state in Australian history to elect a majority of female MPs to its legislature.

The state, Australia's smallest, held its election on 3 March, but counting was not finalised until this week.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which is not a state, also elected a female-majority legislature in 2016.

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Tasmania has become the first state in Australian history to elect a majority of female MPs to its legislature.

The state, Australia's smallest, held its election on 3 March, but counting was not finalised until this week.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), which is not a state, also elected a female-majority legislature in 2016.

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New female MPs set Western Australia Parliament record

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New female MPs set Western Australia Parliament record

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The “boys club” environment at Parliament House has been blown out of the water as the biggest contingent of female Labor Party politicians descend on the institution.

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The “boys club” environment at Parliament House has been blown out of the water as the biggest contingent of female Labor Party politicians descend on the institution.

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Former Australian P.M. says women politicians face threats of rape and violence ‘almost daily’

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Former Australian P.M. says women politicians face threats of rape and violence ‘almost daily’

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Former prime minister Julia Gillard has warned women going into politics to expect rape threats as part of a blunt assessment of the hurdles facing female politicians.

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Former prime minister Julia Gillard has warned women going into politics to expect rape threats as part of a blunt assessment of the hurdles facing female politicians.

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Liberal Party signs gender diversity plan to increase female representation in Parliament in Australia

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Liberal Party signs gender diversity plan to increase female representation in Parliament in Australia

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The Liberal Party's federal executive has signed off on a 10-year plan to significantly increase its female representation in Parliament, in what one senator has described as a "watershed" moment for the party.

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The Liberal Party's federal executive has signed off on a 10-year plan to significantly increase its female representation in Parliament, in what one senator has described as a "watershed" moment for the party.

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Linda Burney, First Female Indigenous Lower House MP in Australia

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Linda Burney, First Female Indigenous Lower House MP in Australia

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The first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's lower house of parliament has promised to bring the "fighting spirit of her clan" to political life.

In her maiden speech, Linda Burney wore a traditional kangaroo-skin cloak with her personal totem, the white cockatoo, known as the noisy messenger bird.

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The first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's lower house of parliament has promised to bring the "fighting spirit of her clan" to political life.

In her maiden speech, Linda Burney wore a traditional kangaroo-skin cloak with her personal totem, the white cockatoo, known as the noisy messenger bird.

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