Julia Gillard speaks after Kevin Rudd won the Labor leadership ballot. Gillard, in a calm speech, thanks her supporters and constituents and announces, as promised, she will be leaving politics due to the defeat.
Loud, crude, risky, seductive, personal and at times violent, Australia's "gender war" will go down as the legacy of the 2013 national elections, no matter the political outcome.
The denigration of the first female Australian prime minister on the basis of her gender echoes that endured by the first female prime minister of Great Britain.
A political lobby group is pushing for a female candidate to replace long-term Labor MP Martin Ferguson when he steps down from politics in September.
When she announced her new ministry last Monday, Julia Gillard made history. For the first time, women make up one-third of the Australian government.
That much-publicised milestone of political gender equality in the US? 20 per cent. Yes. Being outnumbered four to one is a milestone for women in the US Senate.
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Julie Ballington is the Policy Advisor on Political Participation in the Leadership and Governance Section at UN-Women.
A new political party promising to give women a voice in Australian politics has introduced its ACT Senate candidate. Emma Davidson was involved in the Save Melrose Primary campaign after the ACT Government announced plans to close the school.