6 July

Kim Rubenstein, Convenor of Equal Say – Women for a Representative Democracy and Anne
Winckel, appeared on behalf of the Women’s Constitutional Convention Steering Committee (of which WfaAR is a member) before the Joint Select Committee of the Federal Parliament in Melbourne, to put the women’s perspective on the Referendum Bills.  (See our earlier letter to the Referendum Task Force about desired gender specific inclusions in the Presidential Nominations Bill to ensure that women make up at least half of the 32 member Presidential Nominations Committee and that they have an equal chance to be nominated as President.
Read Kim’s report in our Section on Women Say