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The Tocsin | Issue 12, 2021
Contents The Tocsin | Issue 12, 2021 Editorial – Shireen Morris and Nick Dyrenfurth | 3 Deborah O’Neill – The American Warning | 4 Kimberley Kitching – Super Challenges | 7 Kristina Keneally – Words left unspoken | 10 Julia Fox – ‘Gender equality is important but …’ | 12 In case you missed it ... | 14 Clare O’Neil – Digital Dystopia? | 16 Amanda Rishworth – Childcare is the mother and father of future productivity gains | 18 Shireen Morris – Technology, Inequality and Democratic Decline | 20 Robynne Murphy – How women took on a giant and won | 24 Shannon Threlfall-Clarke – Front of mind | 26 The Tocsin, Flagship Publication of the John Curtin Research Centre. Issue 12, 2021. Copyright © 2021 All rights reserved. Editor: Nick Dyrenfurth | [email protected] www.curtinrc.org www.facebook.com/curtinrc/ twitter.com/curtin_rc Editorial Executive Director, Dr Nick Dyrenfurth Committee of Management member, Dr Shireen Morris It was the late, trailblazing former Labor MP and Cabinet Minister, Susan Ryan, who coined the memorable slogan ‘A must be identified and addressed proactively. We need more Woman’s Place is in the Senate’. In 1983, Ryan along with talented female candidates being preselected in winnable seats. Ros Kelly were among just four Labor women in the House of We need more female brains leading in policy development Representatives, together with Joan Child and Elaine Darling. and party reform, beyond the prominent voices on the front As the ABC notes, federal Labor boasts more than double the bench. We need to nurture new female talent, particularly number of women in Parliament and about twice the number women from working-class and migrants backgrounds. -
Transgender Outrage
Transgender outrage Branch slams Colbeck over vote ROBERT INGLIS ONE of the biggest Liberal Party branches in southern Tasmania has delivered a stinging rebuke of the state’s most senior federal Liberal MP, saying its members are in “sheer disbelief” that he refused to back a controversial Senate motion condemning medical treatment for transgender children. The Tasmanian Liberals’ Howrah branch, which has about 40 paying members, met on Thursday to discuss its concern over Aged Care Services Minister and Tasmanian Liberal Senator Richard Colbeck’s decision to vote against a motion put by One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts, which sought to condemn the use of “experimental and unproven” medical treatment on children experiencing gender dysphoria. The motion, which was ultimately defeated 35-23, called for a “wait-and- see” approach to the issue, claiming that “70-90 per cent of young people’s gender dysphoria resolves itself by puberty”. Tasmanian Senator Richard Colbeck Senator Colbeck was the only Tasmanian Liberal Senator who did not support the motion, with senators Eric Abetz, Claire Chandler, Jonathon Duniam and Wendy Askew all backing it. In a letter addressed to the five senators, obtained by the Mercury, the Howrah branch blasts Senator Colbeck and praises Senator Chandler for standing against the participation of transgender people in women’s sport. “At a meeting of the Howrah Branch held earlier today, I was requested by branch members to write to you to express … our sheer disbelief and serious objection to the recent conduct of Tasmanian Liberal Senator and Federal Minister for Sport, Senator Richard Colbeck, for aligning himself with Labor and the Greens to vote against the sensible ‘wait and see’ motion proposed in the senate on the 15th of June 2021,” branch president and Clarence councillor Brendan Blomeley writes. -
Report: the Practice of Dowry and the Incidence of Dowry Abuse in Australia
The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Practice of dowry and the incidence of dowry abuse in Australia February 2019 Commonwealth of Australia 2019 ISBN 978-1-76010-898-4 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/. This document was produced by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee secretariat and printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra. ii Members of the committee Members Senator Louise Pratt (ALP, WA) (Chair) Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald (LNP, QLD) (Deputy Chair) Senator Kimberley Kitching (ALP, VIC) Senator Nick McKim (AG, TAS) Senator Jim Molan AO, DSC (LP, NSW) Senator Murray Watt (ALP, QLD) Participating Members Senator Larissa Waters (AG, QLD) Secretariat Dr Sean Turner, Acting Committee Secretary Ms Nicola Knackstredt, Acting Principal Research Officer Ms Brooke Gay, Administrative Officer Suite S1.61 Telephone: (02) 6277 3560 Parliament House Fax: (02) 6277 5794 CANBERRA ACT 2600 Email: [email protected] iii Table of contents Members of the committee ............................................................................... iii Recommendations .............................................................................................vii Chapter 1............................................................................................................. -
Improvements in Family Law Proceedings
Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Family Law System Improvements in family law proceedings Second interim report March 2021 © Commonwealth of Australia ISBN 978-1-76093-183-4 (Printed Version) ISBN 978-1-76093-183-4 (HTML Version) This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. Members Chair Hon Kevin Andrews MP Menzies, VIC Deputy Chair Senator Pauline Hanson PHON, QLD Members Dr Anne Aly MP Cowan, WA Senator Claire Chandler LP, TAS Dr Fiona Martin MP Reid, NSW Senator Matt O'Sullivan LP, WA Mr Graham Perrett MP Moreton, QLD Senator Helen Polley ALP, TAS Ms Zali Steggall OAM MP Warringah, NSW Mr Terry Young MP (from 7.09.2020)1 Longman, QLD Participating Member Senator Larissa Waters AG, QLD Senator Malcolm Roberts PHON, QLD Former Members Senator Tim Ayres (19.09.2019–15.10.2019) ALP, NSW Mr Llewellyn (Llew) O’Brien MP (until 24.02.2020) Wide Bay, QLD Department of the Senate Ph: 02 6277 3439 PO Box 6100 Fax: 02 6277 5809 Parliament House E-mail: [email protected] Canberra ACT 2600 Internet: www.aph.gov.au/select_familylaw 1 House of Representatives; Votes and Proceedings, No. 71 Tuesday, 6 October 2020, p. 1224. See also, House of Representatives, Proof Hansard, 6 October 2020, p. 4. The House of Representatives appointed Mr Young on 6 October 2020 with his appointment being effective from 7 September 2020. -
29 February 2012 (Extract from Book 4)
EXTRACT FROM BOOK PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FIFTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION Wednesday, 29 February 2012 (Extract from book 4) Internet: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/downloadhansard By authority of the Victorian Government Printer The Governor The Honourable ALEX CHERNOV, AC, QC The Lieutenant-Governor The Honourable Justice MARILYN WARREN, AC The ministry Premier and Minister for the Arts................................... The Hon. E. N. Baillieu, MP Deputy Premier, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Bushfire Response, and Minister for Regional and Rural Development.................................................. The Hon. P. J. Ryan, MP Treasurer........................................................ The Hon. K. A. Wells, MP Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business, and Minister for Tourism and Major Events...................................... The Hon. Louise Asher, MP Attorney-General and Minister for Finance........................... The Hon. R. W. Clark, MP Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, and Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade ............................... The Hon. R. A. G. Dalla-Riva, MLC Minister for Health and Minister for Ageing.......................... The Hon. D. M. Davis, MLC Minister for Sport and Recreation, and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs . The Hon. H. F. Delahunty, MP Minister for Education............................................ The Hon. M. F. Dixon, MP Minister for Planning............................................ -
Identification of Leading Practices in Ensuring Evidence-Based Regulation of Farm Practices That Impact Water Quality Outcomes in the Great Barrier Reef
The Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee Identification of leading practices in ensuring evidence-based regulation of farm practices that impact water quality outcomes in the Great Barrier Reef October 2020 © Commonwealth of Australia ISBN 978-1-76093-122-3 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/. Printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Department of the Senate, Parliament House, Canberra. Contents Members ....................................................................................................................................................... v List of Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ vii Chapter 1—Background .............................................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2—Governance framework and legislative arrangements ................................................. 15 Reef 2050 Long-Term Sustainability Plan .................................................................................... 15 Legislation ......................................................................................................................................... 23 Summary of views concerning the Reef regulations package .................................................. -
Federal Labor Shadow Ministry January 2021
Federal Labor Shadow Ministry January 2021 Portfolio Minister Leader of the Opposition The Hon Anthony Albanese MP Shadow Cabinet Secretary Senator Jenny McAllister Deputy Leader of the Opposition The Hon Richard Marles MP Shadow Minister for National Reconstruction, Employment, Skills and Small Business Shadow Minister for Science Shadow Minister Assisting for Small Business Matt Keogh MP Shadow Assistant Minister for Employment and Skills Senator Louise Pratt Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Senator the Hon Penny Wong Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy MP Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Senator Jenny McAllister Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Senator the Hon Kristina Keneally Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Shadow Minister for Government Accountability Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Andrew Giles MP Shadow Minister Assisting for Immigration and Citizenship Shadow Minister for Disaster and Emergency Management Senator Murray Watt Shadow Minister Assisting on Government Accountability Pat Conroy MP Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations The Hon Tony Burke MP Shadow Minister for the Arts Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives Shadow Special Minister of State Senator the Hon Don Farrell Shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition Shadow Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers MP Shadow Assistant -
Economics References Committee
The Senate Economics References Committee Corporate tax avoidance Part III Much heat, little light so far May 2018 © Commonwealth of Australia 2018 ISBN 978-1-76010-772-7 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ Printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra. ii Senate Economics References Committee Members in the 45th Parliament Senator Chris Ketter (Chair) Queensland, ALP Senator Jane Hume (Deputy Chair) Victoria, LP Senator Cory Bernardi South Australia, IND (to 12 September 2016 and from 5 December 2016 to 15 February 2017) Senator Sam Dastyari (to 5 February 2018) New South Wales, ALP Senator the Hon Kristina Keneally (from 15 February 2018) New South Wales, ALP Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Queensland, LP (from 12 September 2016 to 5 December 2017 and from 15 February 2017 to 22 March 2018) Senator Jenny McAllister New South Wales, ALP Senator Amanda Stoker (from 22 March 2018) Queensland, LP Senator Peter Whish-Wilson (from 14 November 2017) Tasmania, AG Senator Nick Xenophon (to 31 October 2017) South Australia, NXT Senators participating in this inquiry in the 45th Parliament Senator the Hon Doug Cameron New South Wales, ALP Senator Kimberley Kitching Victoria, ALP Senator Gavin Marshall Victoria, ALP Senator Glenn Sterle Western Australia, ALP Senator Dean Smith Western Australia, LP Members in the 44th Parliament Senator Chris Ketter (Chair from 22 October 2015) Queensland, ALP Senator Sean Edwards (Deputy Chair) South Australia, LP Senator Matthew Canavan (to 23 February 2016) Queensland, NATS Senator Sam Dastyari (Chair until 22 October 2015) New South Wales, ALP Senator the Hon. -
19 March 2019
PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FIFTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION TUESDAY, 19 MARCH 2019 Internet: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/downloadhansard By authority of the Victorian Government Printer The Governor The Honourable LINDA DESSAU, AC The Lieutenant-Governor The Honourable KEN LAY, AO, APM The ministry Premier ........................................................ The Hon. DM Andrews, MP Deputy Premier and Minister for Education ......................... The Hon. JA Merlino, MP Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development and Minister for Industrial Relations ........................................... The Hon. TH Pallas, MP Minister for Transport Infrastructure ............................... The Hon. JM Allan, MP Minister for Crime Prevention, Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice and Minister for Victim Support .................... The Hon. BA Carroll, MP Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, and Minister for Solar Homes ................................................. The Hon. L D’Ambrosio, MP Minister for Child Protection and Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers ....................................................... The Hon. LA Donnellan, MP Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Equality and Minister for Creative Industries ............................................ The Hon. MP Foley, MP Attorney-General and Minister for Workplace Safety ................. The Hon. J Hennessy, MP Minister for Public Transport and Minister for Ports and Freight -
Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology
The Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology Interim report September 2020 © Commonwealth of Australia 2020 ISBN 978-1-76093-108-7 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/. Printed by the Senate Printing Unit, Parliament House, Canberra Committee Members Chair Senator Andrew Bragg LP, NSW Deputy Chair Senator Marielle Smith ALP, SA Members Senator Susan McDonald NATS, QLD Senator Rex Patrick IND, SA Senator Paul Scarr LP, QLD Senator Jess Walsh ALP, VIC Secretariat Lyn Beverley, Committee Secretary Christopher Sautelle, Principal Research Officer Kate Campbell, Senior Research Officer Elise Gruttner, Senior Research Officer Claire Rhodes, 2019 Graduate Program Margaret Cahill, Research Officer Shannon Ross, Administrative Officer Committee Webpage: http://www.aph.gov.au/senate_FinRegtech PO Box 6100 Phone: + 61 2 6277 3535 Parliament House Fax: + 61 2 6277 5818 Canberra ACT 2600 Email: [email protected] Australia iii Table of Contents Committee Members ........................................................................................................................ iii List of Recommendations ............................................................................................................... vii Chair's Foreword ............................................................................................................................ -
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters
PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Interim report on all aspects of the conduct of the 2019 Federal Election and matters related thereto Delegation to the International Grand Committee, Dublin, Ireland Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters February 2020 CANBERRA © Commonwealth of Australia ISBN 978-1-76092-072-2 (Printed version) ISBN 978-1-76092-073-9 (HTML version) This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/. Contents THE REPORT Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................... v Membership of the Committee .................................................................................................................... vi Terms of reference .......................................................................................................................................... x List of abbreviations ...................................................................................................................................... xi List of recommendations ............................................................................................................................. xii 1 Delegation report .............................................................................................. 1 Background to -
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Dear Mr McCusker, Please find attached Enhancing Democracy in Western Australia, my submission to the review of the Western Australian Legislative Council electoral system. I am happy for it to be made public. Yours sincerely, Chris Curtis Enhancing Democracy in Western Australia Chris Curtis May 2021 The manufactured hysteria that greeted Ricky Muir’s election to the Senate and that ultimately led to the Turnbull government’s rigging the Senate voting system to favour the Greens over the micro-parties is getting an encore performance with the election of Wilson Tucker in Western Australia, despite the unremarked-upon election in both jurisdictions of many more candidates of major parties from even lower primary votes and with the added twist that most members of the panel established to investigate the matter have already endorsed, even promoted, the hysteria (https://insidestory.org.au/an-affront-to-anyone-who- believes-in-democracy/). While it is clear from this fact that submissions in support of logic and democracy have already been ruled out of consideration, it is worthwhile putting them on the public record for future historians to refer to and so that more reasonable politicians can revisit the issue if the hysteria dies down. Enhancing Democracy in Western Australia 2 Contents Purpose - - - - - - - - - - 3 Summary - - - - - - - - - - 3 1. Principles - - - - - - - - - - 5 2. The Single Transferable Vote - - - - - - - 6 3. The Irrational Complaints - - - - - - - 11 4. Party Preferences - - - - - - - - - 15 5. Imposing a Party List System - - - - - - - 17 6. The Value of Group Voting Tickets - - - - - - 18 7. The Real Issue and the Solution - - - - - - - 20 8. Personal How-to-Vote Website - - - - - - - 22 9.