This was the first article that alerted me to the women's part in this election. My Australian/British son flagged it up for me.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/22/history-tells-us-women-can-turn-elections-the-liberals-should-have-listened
One part that really made me sit up was this. If Australia’s history wasn’t so conveniently parsed and packaged to exclusively showcase the achievements of white men, we might have seen it coming.
We’ve been here before.
In 1902, Australia became the first country in the world where white women could both vote and stand for parliament. With the passage of the Franchise Act, 800,000 new voters were instantly added to the electoral rolls.
It seems the Australian women are pushing the country forward still today.
