by WomenVote | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
We have called time on last-minute policy releases and the leaders’ declarations of love for the women in their lives. With an appropriate level of pride we have released our Scorecard for the 2019 Federal Election. The analysis is hopefully self explanatory but bear...
by WomenVote | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
See the breakdown of the polling results here. AN overwhelming majority of Australian voters believe childcare costs should be made tax deductible, YouGov Galaxy polling released by WomenVote has revealed. Sending a strong election message to the major parties, 64 per...
by WomenVote | Apr 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
In other news we went on our first official fact finding mission to regional Australia, and it was a terrific visit. Last week, WomenVote’s Vanessa Whittaker, Maria O’Brien and Rosie Connolly visited Armidale, in the seat of New England. We met so many great...
by WomenVote | Mar 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
A quick read of the recent Gender Equality fact sheet produced by the Australian Human Rights Commission shows that:Women and girls make up over half (50.7%) of the Australian population.Although women comprise about 47% of all employees in Australia, they take home...
by WomenVote | Mar 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Women of all political flavours are tired of the status quo. They’re angry about legislatures that don’t reflect them, and policies that don’t address the issues that matter to them. And as the #metoo movement has shown, they’re ready to express their views now,...
by WomenVote | Feb 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our mission is to help women advocate for change on issues that matter to them. We cringed through 2013 when there was only one woman in cabinet. We, like so many other women, watched the unprecedented personal attacks on Julia Gillard with horror, but without...