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September 22, 2014

Beijing +20 National Review, Australia

Australia is continuing to make significant progress in implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action across all government jurisdictions. Five key achievements in progressing gender equality in
recent years are explored in this section:

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Australia is continuing to make significant progress in implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action across all government jurisdictions. Five key achievements in progressing gender equality in
recent years are explored in this section:

May 1, 2014
Australia has gone backwards on women in politics

Chief Minister Katy Gallagher says Australia has gone backwards on female participation at the highest levels of politics and decried the perception that leadership is a man’s game.

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January 15, 2014
Criticism of Julia Gillard Discouraging Women from Politics

New research has found negative media coverage of former PM, Julia Gillard, is discouraging women from pursuing their political aspirations.

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November 11, 2013
Julia Gillard: Gender revolution has failed

Ms Gillard said while it is up to the nation to think in a sophisticated way about that, the gender revolution of the last 50 years had failed to leave as deep an impact as hoped.

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September 25, 2013
Julia Gillard hopes to inspire more women to enter politics, Australia

Admitting that her own experience in politics was "mixed", Ms Gillard said she hoped more women would enter politics.

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September 25, 2013
Julia Gillard says she'll pursue education and women's issues in life after politics, Australia

Julia Gillard has given her first known interview since losing the Labor leadership, in which she says she will be pursuing education and women's issues on the global stage.

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September 22, 2013
Women in politics face the ugliest of juggles, Australia

The latest round of national head-scratching about why there aren't more women in politics makes me want to poke out my own eyes with a rusty toasting fork.

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September 17, 2013
The Politics of Women and the Women of Politics, Australia

In Australia, we congratulate Nova Peris on being the first indigenous female elected to the federal parliament and wish her success in her Senate journey ahead. Australia now has our first female Foreign Minister.

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September 17, 2013
Women leading the way in Mackay politics, Australia

Tony Abbott's cabinet in Canberra is running short on girl power, but it's the sisters who continue to run the show in the Mackay region.

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