Our Parliamentary standards are still stuck in a Victorian era of old white male legislators, writes Bernard Keane.
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Anti-family attitudes are embedded in our parliament
Do we want mothers of young children (and hopefully fathers with child care responsibilities) to be MPs or not? asks Senator Sue Boyce.
An attack on Mayne’s Democrats revisionism
Crikey didn’t kill the Democrats, writes Andrew Le Clercq. It was merely a loud eager-beaver Greek chorus thingy on the sidelines.
Stephen Mayne: How we killed the Democrats
Crikey wrote the obit for the Democrats before the last election. Stephen Mayne rakes over the coals of Crikey’s reportage on the demise of Don Chipp’s dream.
Ladies, bring a platitude: just 24 hours to feminise the summit
Sharpen your pencils and uncap your pens ladies — you’ve got until 5pm tomorrow to fill out a nomination form to earn a slot in the chosen 1000 people who will make up the 2020 summit.
Yarralumla dreaming: Crikey readers nominate their GGs
We threw suggestions open for Crikey readers to nominate who they would like to see become the next Governor General of Australia. From Skippy to David Flint to the fat kid from Hey Dad … if you don’t ask you don’t get.
