ARM announces the result of National Council elections. There were 16 candidates – 8 women and 8 men. Three women were elected: Senator Marise Payne and Anne Henderson were re-elected and Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja was elected again after standing down at the last election. Together with Helen Millicer, the ARM State Convenor from Victoria, that makes a total of four women on the 17 member council.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
