Inside Story

Essays & reportage The long, slow demise of the “marriage bar” Marian Sawer 8 December 2016 It wasn’t until 1966 that women in the Australian public service won the right to remain employed after marriage, overcoming resistance even from their own union National affairs Democratic by name, secretive by nature Marian Sawer 29 February 2016 A new controversy over a program that benefits the major Australian political parties reveals a paradoxical lack of transparency, writes Marian Sawer National affairs Quotas for the Liberal Party? Marian Sawer 7 July 2010 Judith Troeth is trying to persuade Liberals that the presence of more women in the parliamentary party will mean a larger pool of talent for ministerial and leadership positions,… National affairs Gillard PM: is gender irrelevant now? Marian Sawer 30 June 2010 Compared with other countries, Australia’s progress in giving women access to political power is patchy, writes Marian Sawer