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Reform is hard. Albanese and Chalmers need to stay the course

Do Australians really want reform? It’s a reasonable question to ask as the Albanese government weathers trenchant attacks on its recent federal budget.

The Conversation

Labor’s first female frontbencher and feminist trailblazer immortalised in Canberra statue

Labor’s first female frontbencher and feminist trailblazer immortalised in Canberra statue

Susan Ryan found it ‘intolerable’ that women were not treated equally, introducing world-leading legislation on sexual harassment

The Guardian - AU

'An unqualified success': Sculpture unveiled for trailblazer Susan Ryan

'An unqualified success': Sculpture unveiled for trailblazer Susan Ryan

The unveiling took place 40 years after the start of the Sex Discrimination Act.

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Women's rights pioneer honoured for life of advocacy

One of Australia's most important female politicians has been commemorated for introducing a world-leading act that would protect millions of people.

This woman's place will be in the Senate. Forever

Sculpture of trailblazing ACT senator will be cast in bronze.

The Canberra Times

Canberra has taken Dorothy and Enid into its heart - now for Susan

The artist's next subject is the late Susan Ryan.

The Canberra Times

Sculptor selected for Canberra's Susan Ryan statue commission

"I've always advocated for there to be more statues of women," the artist said.

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Friday essay: how Blanche d'Alpuget's 'warts and all' biography of her lover Bob Hawke helped make him prime minister

Friday essay: how Blanche d'Alpuget's 'warts and all' biography of her lover Bob Hawke helped make him prime minister

Blanche D’Alpuget was born in 1944, the daughter of Lou d’Alpuget and Josie Stephenson, and grew up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. She attended Sydney Church of England Girls’ Grammar School and, briefly, the University of Sydney before becoming a journalist with the Daily Mirror, rival newspaper of the Sun where…

The Conversation

How the jobs summit shifted gender equality from the sidelines to the mainstream

How the jobs summit shifted gender equality from the sidelines to the mainstream

The last time an Australian government hosted a national jobs summit, only one woman was present. It was 1983, and that woman was Susan Ryan, a minister in the Hawke government and the trailblazing architect of the Sex Discrimination Act.

The Conversation

Late senator and women's rights champion Susan Ryan to be honoured with public statue in Canberra

Late senator and women's rights champion Susan Ryan to be honoured with public statue in Canberra

Susan Ryan, who blazed a trail for women in Australian politics, will be honoured with a piece of public art commissioned by the ACT government.

Trailblazing ACT senator to be memorialised with new statue

Trailblazing ACT senator to be memorialised with new statue

Susan Ryan's daughter said her mother would have been honoured and absolutely loved being selected as a subject for public commemoration.

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