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Women disproportionately placed in unwinnable and high-risk seats ahead of federal election

While some progress has been made towards gender equality in Australian elections, women remain underrepresented among candidates in the 2025 federal election, a new report from the Global Institute for Women's Leadership shows.

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06
May
2025

Julia Gillard on making space for other female leaders

Australia’s first female prime minister gets candid about women’s leadership, mentorship and life beyond politics.

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01
May
2025

Blink and you’ll miss it – women’s safety and the federal election

As Australians start to vote early in the lead up to election day, where is women’s safety on the agenda?

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10
Apr
2025

Four charts that show the Coalition (still) has a women problem

The Coalition has failed to make meaningful progress on gender imbalances that plagued its 2022 election campaign; fresh data shows women are still…

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09
Apr
2025

Running for parliament is still a man’s world, with fewer female candidates – especially in winnable seats

Despite progress towards gender equality in Australian elections, women remain underrepresented among candidates vying for office on May 3. Our…

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09
Apr
2025

Federal election 2025: Report claims candidates face ‘glass cliff’ as major parties use women in hard to win seats

Women are under-represented as candidates in the upcoming federal election and are more likely to be running in hard-to-win seats for the major…

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09
Apr
2025

Women disproportionately placed in unwinnable seats ahead of federal election

While some progress has been made towards gender equality in Australian elections, women remain underrepresented among candidates in the 2025 federal…

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07
Apr
2025

Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people

Despite decades of effort, women still make up just 20% of the Australian Defence Force. With Australia facing crisis-level workforce shortages in…

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03
Apr
2025

What does 'woke' mean? Peter Dutton's warning to schools is deliberately vague

In a contemporary context, wokeness has been tied to leftist political ideology and progressiveness. GIWL researcher Jack Hayes says the term is…

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04
Mar
2025

Just one in five Australian employers have no gender pay gap

According to new data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), just one in five Australian employers have no gender pay gap. However, there…

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