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Since the High Court’s establishment, women have come a long way – and a majority female bench will have significant implications.
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Sexual harassment is endemic within the law. This inquiry’s finding must be the catalyst for genuine and long overdue change in the profession.
Despite its progressive nature, The Age newspaper has never had a female editor-in-chief.
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Women remain systemically underrepresented at the top levels of Australia’s most powerful institutions – including the media, universities, government, judiciary and corporate sector.
Susan Kiefel after she was sworn in as a High Court judge in 2007. She is now Australia’s first female High Court chief justice.
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Women’s exclusion from legal and political power for much of last century makes Susan Kiefel’s appointment all the more significant.