List of female heads of government in Australia - Wikipedia
There are currently two serving female heads of government in Australia: Jacinta Allan (49th Premier of Victoria) who was appointed on 27 September 2023, and Lia Finocchiaro (14th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory) who was appointed on 28 August 2024.
List of female cabinet ministers of Australia - Wikipedia
External links. List of female cabinet ministers of Australia. Categories: Government ministers of Australia. Lists of women government ministers by country. Lists of political office-holders in Australia.
Australia’s female leaders - National Museum of Australia
Sep 18, 2024 · There still has not been a female leader of the opposition in Australian politics, and no female prime minister or governor-general since Julia Gillard and Dame Quentin Bryce. Following the 2019 federal election, women made up 47 per cent of the ALP’s ranks and outnumbered men in the Senate.
Meet the women elected to the House of Representatives for the …
May 23, 2022 · Elizabeth Watson-Brown ousted Liberal Julian Simmonds in Ryan in Queensland, and will be one of the new Greens members set to enter the house of representatives, joining leader Adam Bandt on the crossbench. Her win marks the first time the Greens have ever won a seat from the Liberal party.
Trends in the gender composition of the Australian parliament
Apr 20, 2022 · The proportion of women in the Australian parliament as a whole was 25 per cent in 2001, rising to 39 per cent by 2022. Figure 3 below shows the percentage of women in the Australian parliament from the ALP and the Liberal-National coalition after …
Women in Cabinet – Parliament of Australia
Mar 5, 2024 · The first Australian Labor Party (ALP) woman in Cabinet was Senator Susan Ryan, who commenced as Minister for Education on 11 March 1983. Since 1901, only 34 (8.3%) of the 410 Cabinet members are women. Of these, 17 are from the ALP, 15 from the Liberal party, and 2 from the Nationals.
Ms Represented: Australia's 'first' women in Parliament talk …
Jul 13, 2021 · 1986: Janine Haines becomes the first female leader of an Australian political party when she is elected leader of the Australian Democrats.
Politics isn't super-appealing to women in Australia right now.
Dec 19, 2021 · Women from all sides of the political spectrum, including Nicolle Flint, Julia Banks, Kate Ellis and Emma Husar, have cited a toxic workplace culture as among the reasons for them ending their political careers. What shocked me most about making Ms Represented.
The disrespect of female MPs has a long history, and it won't …
Jul 22, 2021 · When women were featured often in the press, they were media tarts. For decades, it has been the female MPs who have been sexualised — their bodies scrutinised, private lives gossiped about.
How Julia Gillard forever changed Australian politics - especially …
Jun 1, 2020 · When Julia Gillard was sworn into office as Australia’s first female prime minister on a chilly Canberra morning in 2010, it seemed like the ultimate glass ceiling had been smashed.