Women Into Politics and Women’s Electoral Lobby discussion paper prepared ahead of the Corowa People’s Conference about selecting a Head of State. The paper concentrates on the involvement of women in the process and ensuring that there is gender equity in all processes of change for selection of the Head of State. It recommends that each electorate elect one male and one female representative to an Assembly to Elect the Head of State; proposes selection criteria for the Head of State including a record of public service other than paid employment and promotes community education. Click here to read the full discussion paper.
Woman for an Australian Republic, Adelaide Ironside, republican poet and artist 1831-1867
Self portrait 1855, Newcastle Art Gallery NSW
