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Female MPs: you’re either a mum, or the owner of an empty fruit bowl

Far more than men, female politicians have their political identities framed around their family and relationship situation.

Don’t forget 39 Labor MPs didn’t want Kevin Rudd

Slicing through Labor’s post-election euphoria is the stark fact that 39 of Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd’s parliamentary colleagues voted against him for the leadership less than 12 months ago, writes Alex Mitchell.