The double-dissolution election brought a substantial number of newly elected federal parliamentarians. ARM had launched a republic register of candidates during the election campaign and this has been updated to reflect the results. The current state of the Parliament is: House of Reps (148 members): Republican (63 / 42 percent); Monarchist (10 / 6.7 percent); Undeclared/Undecided (77 / 51.3 percent) and Senate (76 members): Republican (34 / 44.7 percent); Monarchist (12 / 15.8 percent); Undecided/Undeclared (30 / 39.5 percent).
The State, House and Party breakdown of female republicans is:
NSW: total 59 seats, 21 held by women (of which 9 support the republic): Sharon Claydon (ALP Newcastle), Justine Elliot (ALP Richmond), Sharon Bird (ALP Cunningham), Linda Burney (ALP Barton), Tanya Plibersek (ALP Sydney); Senators Jenny McAllister (ALP), Deborah O’Neill (ALP), Marise Payne (LP), Lee Rhiannon (Greens)
Vic: 49 total, 14 women (10): Lisa Chesters (ALP Bendigo), Joanne Ryan (ALP Lalor), Jenny Macklin (ALP Jagajaga), Clare O’Neill (ALP Hotham), Catherine King (ALP Ballarat), Maria Vamvakinou (ALP Calwell), Sarah Henderson (LP Corangamite), Kelly O’Dwyer (LP Higgins); Senators Jacinta Collins (ALP), Janet Rice (Greens)
Qld : 42 total, 9 women (3): Terri Butler (ALP Griffith); Senators Claire Moore (ALP), Larissa Waters (Greens)
WA : 28 total, 10 women (5): Madeleine King (ALP Brand), Anne Aly (ALP Cowan), Julie Bishop (LP Curtin), Senators Sue Lines (ALP), Rachel Siewert (Greens)
SA : 23 total, 8 women (4): Kate Ellis (ALP Adelaide), Amanda Rishworth (ALP Kingston); Senators Penny Wong (ALP), Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens)
Tas :17 total, 8 women (5): Julie Collins (ALP Franklin); Senators Anne Urquhart (ALP), Carol Brown (ALP), Lisa Singh (ALP), Catryna Bilyk (ALP)
ACT: 4 total, 2 women (2): Gai Brodtmann (ALP Canberra); Senator Katy Gallagher (ALP)
NT: 4 total , 1 woman (0)
That’s more than 50 percent of women members from Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the ACT with the highest support among women members recorded in Victoria (71.4 percent) and the ACT (100 percent). There is more support among Labor and Greens women members in general with a noticeably low percentage of both female members and female republicans in Queensland and the NT.
