Financial Times
Why Australian politics is so brutal
The FT's Jamie Smyth says internal party wrangling, the political system and a growing culture of negative campaigning are behind Australia's poisonous politics.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Culture of Sexism in Australian Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Australian parliament has no code of conduct for MPs and no HR...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women Compete for Federal Offices in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 1994, 100 years after women gained the right to run for office,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mothers of Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Until reletively recently, childcare and parental leave were not a...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australia's First Female Prime Minister
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 2010, Julia Gillard became the first female Prime Minister of...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Women in Politics
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What roadblocks did present and past women run into on their way...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Affirmative Action for Women in the Labor Party
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Liberal and Labor party politicians debate whether instituting an...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Women of Parliament Unite on Abortion
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Ten years after access to the drug RU486 was severly limited in...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Gender Quotas for the Liberal Party
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Both the Liberal and Labor parties recognized the gender disparity...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Gender Deafness and Being the Only Woman in Cabinet
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Being ignored and having one's ideas appropriated by male members...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
What Does it Take for a Woman to Qualify for Office in Australia?
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Women running for office today still get criticised for their...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Future of Australian Gender Politics
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What do Australia's current and past female politicians hope the...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Speaking Out About Sexism in Australian Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. After decades of sexism and harassment in the workplace,...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
What a Woman in Office Means for Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In the mid 1990s, Bronwyn Bishop, Carmen Lawrence, and Cheryl...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
RU486 Abortion Ban in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What does Telstra have to do with abortion access? Episode 3, part 5
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Women Raise Their Voices in Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Parliament is a noisy place. How have some female MPs navigated...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Housewives of Australian Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What does an empty fruit bowl say about a woman's fitness - or...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Dressing Like a Politician
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. New job, new dress - female politicians face a lot of criticism...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Parliament Built for Men
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. How many women held office in Australia before they finally added...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Looking Like a Politician
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Women who ran for office in the second half of the 20th century...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Bill to End Sex Discrimination in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Senator Susan Ryan's Sex Discrimination Act turned out to be quite...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Influence of Alcohol on Australian Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Rumors about the promiscuity of female members of parliament and...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A Battle for Reproductive Rights in Australia
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. In 1979, the Australian House of Representatives moved to restrict...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Staying Silent About Sexism in Australian Parliament
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. Why do many female members of parliament choose to remain publicly...