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POP 17-Trust the Women: Women in the Federal Parliament

Papers on Parliament No. 17
September 1992

Introduction (PDF 19KB)

Women in the Federal Parliament
Senator Patricia Giles

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Housekeeping the State: Women and Parliamentary Politics in Australia
Dr Marian Sawer

 (PDF 155KB)

'Fishes on Bicycles'
The Hon. Susan Ryan, AO

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Suffrage to Sufferance: 100 Years of Women in Parliament
Janine Haines

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The Senate: Proportionately Representative but Disproportionately Male
The Hon. Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, DBE

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