More women need to be pre-selected in safe seats

Posted on July 28, 2016August 1, 2016 by wesachau

The 2016 federal election is seen by many as an election where the highest number of women candidates stood for the two major parties: 59 for the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and 44 for the Coalition. While this is excellent progress, we need to ask ourselves how many women are elected in safe seats. A[…]

Is ageism the new sexism?

Posted on March 12, 2014August 1, 2016 by wesachau

“I’m not ageist but… how old are you?” This is the type of comment that we have regularly experienced over the years and while it certainly has been grating at times our focus has been on gender equality so the frequently heard age references have rarely received a second thought. Combine this with our Asian[…]