Gender equality in Australia: looking for the silver bullets in the short and long term

Abstract

With the goal of gender equality far from reached in Australia, many are looking for alternative solutions to address gendered disparities between men and women. Along with more equal representation in politics, Australia needs leaders who lead with women in mind. This nation also needs legislators who are willing to step away from neutrality and use the law to help transform decades of discrimination against women. Leadership decisions about law and policy reform need to be based on data, requiring disaggregation along, first, gender lines, but also race and income, allowing a leader to be more conscious of the implications of their decisions on the lives of the people they lead.