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Electorate names: who is honoured? brovkin/Shutterstock Posted 31/05/2023 by Kate Laing and Anna Hough Federal redistribution processes provide an opportunity to introduce new electorate names, either by renaming existing electorates or naming new ones. Recent redistribution processes, including those in Victoria and Western Australia in 2021, have included calls for

ISSN 2203-5249 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2022-23 01 MAY 2023 Gender composition of Australian parliaments by party: a quick guide Kate Laing and Anna Hough Politics and Public Administration Excel version of tables [51KB] This Quick Guide provides an update to tables showing the composition of Australian parliaments by party and

The 120th anniversary of women's suffrage in Australia Image in collection of National Library of Australia\ Wikimedia Commons Posted 15/06/2022 by Anna Hough Sunday 12 June 2022 marked 120 years since Australian women gained the right to vote in federal elections, following the passage of the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902

Trends in the gender composition of Australian ministries EML/Shutterstock.com Posted 02/05/2022 by Anna Hough International comparisons As of 1 January 2021 (the most recent figures at the time of publication), the Australian Parliament was ranked 73rd of 193 countries globally by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for women in ministerial positions

ISSN 2203-5249 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2021-22 1 APRIL 2022 Australia's Parliament House in 2021: a Chronology of Events Dr Dianne Heriot, Parliamentary Librarian with Anna Hough, Stephanie Gill and Pauline Downing Politics and Public Administration, and Law and Bills Digest Introduction Parliament House, which was officially opened in 1988, is

ISSN 2203-5249 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2020-21 8 JUNE 2021 Australia’s Parliament House in 2020: a Chronology of Events Dr Dianne Heriot, Parliamentary Librarian with Anna Hough, Politics and Public Administration Introduction Parliament House was officially opened in 1988 and is the home of the Parliament of Australia. It is located

Women in Leadership: International Women's Day 2021 International Women's Day Posted 05/03/2021 by Anna Hough International Women’s Day will be celebrated globally on Monday 8 March. The International Women’s Day 2021 campaign theme, determined by a global group of private and government organisations committed to driving gender parity, is #ChoosetoChallenge,

ISSN 2203-5249 RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2020-21 UPDATED 9 DECEMBER 2020 Women parliamentarians in Australia 1921-2020 Anna Hough, Janet Wilson and David Black Politics and Public Administration Section Contents Introduction ................................................................................... 3 Part 1: Women members of Australian Parliaments 1921-2020 by jurisdiction ..................................................................................... 4 Commonwealth: House of Representatives ....................................... 4 Commonwealth: