Labor, the men who run it and their female worker bees

Jenna Price, The Sydney Morning Herald 

Homogenous groupthink, Labor women slam election strategy set by anglo men

Judith Ireland, The Sydney Morning Herald

Campaign equality essential for Labor to win in 2022

Today we release the summary of your feedback on Labor’s federal election campaign. The report “Target the message: Gender learnings from the Federal Election Campaign 2019” was submitted to the Weatherill and Emerson Review. Continue reading

Diversity & Democracy: Julia Gillard Next Generation Intern Report release

The 2019 Federal election failed to increase the cultural diversity of elected representatives’ and where diverse candidates, especially women, faced greater racism and abuse.  The latest Julia Gillard Next Generation Intern report by Stephanie Milione, A Truly Representative Democracy, explores the challenges and opportunities women candidates face and how both ELA and the Australian Labor Party can best support women in the future.     Continue reading

Albanese under pressure to promote more women as Marles looks set to be deputy

Judith Ireland, The Sydney Morning Herald

Clare O'Neil pulls out of Labor deputy race, paves way for Marles

Judith Ireland, The Sydney Morning Herald

Shorten tells Labor the 'fight goes on'

AAP, The Daily Mail  Continue reading

Labor women deliver in a difficult election and should lead

Despite an unexpected defeat at the Federal Election on Saturday, the Australian Labor Party has continued its progress towards gender equality with 44 women elected to Federal Parliament, compared to only 26 women in the Coalition parties. As candidates recuperate after a hard fought election campaign, sights have now turned to who will lead the Labor Party. Continue reading