March 19, 2018
Tasmania elects majority of women in Australia state first
Tasmania has become the first state in Australian history to elect a majority of female MPs to its legislature.
Australia
March 28, 2017
New female MPs set Western Australia Parliament record
The “boys club” environment at Parl
October 13, 2016
Former Australian P.M. says women politicians face threats of rape and violence ‘almost daily’
Former prime minister Julia
September 14, 2016
Liberal Party signs gender diversity plan to increase female representation in Parliament in Australia
The Liberal Party's federal
September 1, 2016
Linda Burney, First Female Indigenous Lower House MP in Australia
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.
August 5, 2016
Julia Gillard, former Australian prime minister, urges Americans to call out sexism against Hillary Clinton
The Guardian has published an article on the support that former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard is giving to Hillary Clinton.
July 7, 2016
Linda Burney becomes the first female Indigenous MP in Australia's history
Former New South Wales deputy Labor