In this blog, Katherine Weiss discusses citizenship of women and infants in wartime, and the role of maternity in ensuring state perpetuity. When you think of the word citizen, who or what comes to mind? It is often not a … Continue reading
In this blog, Anna Temby explores the history and evolution of the Bluestocking philosophy from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. In the early 1980s, the Australian Union of Students (the precursor of the National Union of Students (NUS) established … Continue reading
Angelika Heurich explores the ideological influence of attributing the colour teal to define community independents as a collective political identity rather than true independents in modern Australian politics. Colours have long been used in political campaigns and by social movements to signify political … Continue reading
In the next instalment of the Colour Series, Rebecca Swartz, Ana Stevenson and Sarah-Jane Walton engage with the representation of the colour black in protest movements to challenge the apartheid state and end gender-based violence. In September 2019, following the … Continue reading
Political scientist Marian Sawer reflects on the influence of gender amongst voters and candidates at the 2022 Australian federal election. Gender was the back story of the 2022 election and played a crucial role in loosening the grip of the … Continue reading
Sue Barrett, campaign manager for Zoe Daniel, reflects on the 2022 Australian federal election campaign in the Division of Goldstein, named after Vida Goldstein. The federal electorate of Goldstein is named after Vida Goldstein (1869–1949), an Australian suffragist, social reformer, … Continue reading
Natasha Walker and Catherine Dewhirst explore the machinations of the Australian press during Vida Goldstein’s 1903 election campaign. One hundred and twenty years ago, the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 passed universal suffrage for British subjects over the age of 21. … Continue reading
Joshua Black and Michelle Staff reflect on the gains made and the distance still to go when it comes to gender and diversity in Australian politics. For the past couple of months, commentators have described the 2022 federal election as … Continue reading