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Today, every Australian state and territory has had at least one female head of government, except for South Australia; the Northern Territory has had the most, with four; the Australian Capital Territory has had three; Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria have each had a second female head of government serving in their respective ...
Julie Bishop had become the first female Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in 2007, and with the election of the Abbott government in 2013, became Australia's first female Minister for Foreign Affairs. [17] Bishop was replaced by Senator Marise Payne, who had served as Australia's first female Defence Minister. All Australian Foreign Ministers ...
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Elizabeth Broderick, former Australian Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner; Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce (born 1942), Governor-General of Australia (2008–2014) Ita Buttrose (born 1942), journalist, businesswoman, former editor of the Australian Women's Weekly, President of Alzheimers Australia
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women: 2003–2004 Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues: 2004–2006 Helen Coonan [9] Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: 2004–2007 Liberal Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate: 2006–2007 Julie Bishop [10]
The Victorian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2001 to recognise the achievements of women from the Australian state of Victoria.It was launched by The Hon. Joan Kirner AC as a joint initiative of the Centenary of Federation Victoria Committee, the Office for Women's Policy and the Women Shaping the Nation Steering Committee as part of the celebrations of Victoria's Centenary of Federation.
21st-century Australian women politicians (808 P) * Australian lesbian politicians (13 P) L. Women legislators in Australia (4 C)
Women have had the right to both vote and sit in parliament since 1902. The first woman to run for the House of Representatives was Selina Anderson at the 1903 election for Dalley , but the first woman elected to the House was Dame Enid Lyons at the 1943 election for Darwin .