Australia's first Gender Equality Bill passes first hurdle
The Gender Equality Bill proposed by the Andrews Labor Government last year has passed in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
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Australia drops in gender gap rankings
This week the World Economic Forum released their annual Global Gender Gap Report where Australia has dropped 5 ranking places to #44 out of 153 countries.
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ANU study shows growing gender differences in voting
The ANU Australian Election Study has released the data for the 2019 federal election.
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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.
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Apply for the 2020 Julia Gillard Next Generation Internship
EMILY’s List Australia (ELA) is seeking applications for the 2020 Julia Gillard Next Generation Intern.
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Diversity & Democracy: Julia Gillard Next Generation Intern Report
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.
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Bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW introduced
Today 15 MPs from Labor, Liberals, Greens, Animal Justice & Independents are introducing a bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW.
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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.
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Bill’s heart in gender equality
If Bill Shorten is elected on the 18 May, he will for the first time in Australian history have equal numbers of men and women in the Labor caucus from which to select a gender equal cabinet.
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