Candidate gender in the 2010 Australian Federal election

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09 August 2010Tony Smith compares the recently announced list of candidates for this month's federal election with the candidates standing in 2007.  He finds that despite a modest rise in the number of women candidates, the representation of women in federal parliament could go backwards at this election.

 

Image: Leonard John Matthews / flickr

Publication typeDiscussion paper
Publisher TypeAcademic research centre, APO Member
CoverageAustralia
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/22272
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