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MARCH 8, 2013 Women in the Australian workforce: A 2013 update Image source: Australian Human Rights Commission First observed as an international event in 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated around the world on March 8 each year. Originally emerging from female labour movements in North America and Europe,

NOVEMBER 24, 2012 Priests, Penitents, Confidentiality and Child Sexual Abuse Image source: Wikimedia Commons In the light of Prime Minister Gillard’s announcement of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to the sexual abuse of children there has been a particular focus on the role of the ‘confessional seal’. The Roman

NOVEMBER 20, 2012 A Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual assault Image source: Forgotten Australians website General awareness of the levels and different forms of child abuse and assault has heightened in recent years. In response to growing levels of concern, on 12 November 2012, the Prime Minister,

AUGUST 31, 2012 Mifepristone (RU 486) registered for use in Australia The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the regulator of medicines and therapeutic devices in Australia, has announced that from 29 August 2012 the abortifacient mifepristone (RU 486) will be listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG). Misoprostol, a

June 12, 2012 110th anniversary of the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 Image source: Wikimedia Commons Tuesday 12 June 2012 marks the 110th anniversary of the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, the law that granted most Australian women the right to vote, and therefore to stand, in Commonwealth elections. The Act stated

ISSN 1328-8091 Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Schedule 1—Dad and Partner Pay ........................................................................................................... 5 Explanation of measure ............................................................................................................ 6 Financial implications ............................................................................................................... 8 Schedule 2—Other amendments ............................................................................................................ 8 Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 ........................................................................................................ 8 Modification of the work test ................................................................................................... 8

Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 How does Australia rate? ......................................................................................................................... 2 Parliamentarians ................................................................................................................................. 2 Parliamentary leaders and presiding officers ..................................................................................... 3 Ministers and parliamentary secretaries ............................................................................................ 4 Women chairing parliamentary committees ...................................................................................... 6 Women candidates in Commonwealth elections ............................................................................... 7 Historical overview................................................................................................................................. 10 First women