Marian Sawer

Apr 11, 2024 | springerprofessional.de | Marian Sawer |Maria Maley

This open access book shows how the #MeToo movement and revelations of sexual harassment and bullying have spurred on reform of the parliamentary workplace in four Westminster countries – Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. Long-standing conventions included extreme power imbalances between parliamentarians and staff and a lack of professionalised employment practices.

Feb 14, 2024 | theconversation.com | Julie Smith |Marian Sawer

Childcare is probably Australia’s largest industry, most of it unpaid. We know this because of Australian Bureau of Statistics time use surveys. Since 1992 these surveys have recorded what thousands of Australians say they do with their time in diaries kept for 48 hours. But if the Bureau of Statistics proceeds with its current plans for scaling down the survey we soon won’t be able to tell.

Jan 14, 2024 | newcastleherald.com.au | Marian Sawer

Now that the Voice referendum has been defeated, the digital campaigning organisation, Advance, has moved on to a new campaign - for the legal protection of Australia Day. It claims this is the only way to protect Australia Day from the "activists who hate our country". It wants legislation like last year's Private Member's Bill put forward by the LNP Member for Bowman, which would prevent the January 26 date being changed without a referendum.

Apr 13, 2023 | theloop.ecpr.eu | Marian Sawer

Since 1975, feminists have helped establish new international frameworks requiring national governments to promote gender equality. Success at this level, writes Marian Sawer, inadvertently sowed the seeds of populist campaigns against foreign interference with national valuesWhat is feminist governance? In an era of democratic backsliding, it is particularly important to be aware of what feminist governance has contributed to democracy.

Feb 18, 2023 | johnmenadue.com | Marian Sawer

The Liberal Party has made an extraordinary intervention into the parliamentary inquiry on the conduct of the 2022 Australian election. After every federal election the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) of the Australian Parliament holds an inquiry into the conduct of the election and matters arising.