Women in the Labor party are leading the way in increasing Indigenous representation
- Written by Michelle Evans, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
A record 11 Indigenous representatives recently took their seats in the new federal parliament – three in the House of Representatives and eight in the Senate. Of these, nine are women and just two are men.
It’s worth recalling that after the 2001 federal election, there were no Indigenous members in the House of Representatives, and...
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