There are two houses in Australia's federal Parliament: the House of Representatives (lower House) and the Senate (upper House).
Each of the states also has two Houses of Parliament, except for Queensland, which has just one. The Territories also have one House of parliament.
150 in the Lower House, the House of Representatives.
76 in the Upper House, the Senate... 12 from each state, and 2 from each territory.
All women are represented in the Australian parliament, as are all men and all children.
there are 76 members of parliament in the senate
There are two houses in Australia's federal Parliament: the House of Representatives (lower House) and the Senate (upper House).
There are 150 representatives
150
On 12 March 1921 Mrs Edith Cowan became the first women to be elected to federal parliament in Australia. She was sixty years old.
Edith Cowan was an Australian politician and social campaigner. She was the first women to be elected to parliament in Australia when she became a member of Western Australian parliament in 1921. She was president of Karrakatta club, a women exclusive club which campaigned for women suffrage and succeeded in gaining it in 1899.
There is an interesting story behind how Australian women gained the right to stand for parliament, and it stems directly from the issue of whether women should be allowed to vote.South Australia was the first colony in Australia where women gained the right to vote, and only the fourth place in the world to grant this right. The issue of women voting had been under discussion since the 1860s, but momentum was gained after the formation of the Women's Suffrage League at Gawler Place in 1888. Six Bills were introduced into Parliament, but not passed, between 1885 and 1894.The final, successful Bill was passed in 1894. At first, it included a clause preventing women from becoming members of Parliament. It is ironic that the clause was removed thanks to the efforts of Ebenezer Ward who was an outspoken opponent of women's suffrage. Ward hoped that including women in Parliament would be seen as so ridiculous that the whole Bill would be voted out. The change was accepted, however, allowing the women of South Australia to gain complete parliamentary equality with men.Women obtained the right to vote and stand as candidates for both houses of federal Parliament on 16 June 1902. This applied to the federal election of 1903.
Yes, in the UK, there are many women MP's in Parliament.
Women's Australian Open was created in 1974.
Australian Women's Weekly was created in 1933.
Australian Women's Weekly is published by Australian Consolidated Press (ACP)
Australian women usally live longer
Australian Women's Army Service was created in 1941.
Australian Federation of University Women was created in 1922.
Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly was created in 2000.
Yes, women can be in the Australian Army, but they cannot be in direct combat roles. 10.6 % of the positions are occupied by women.