Studies show more women in politics leads to greater equality, less corruption and better represented constituents, but too often, including right here in NSW, they are vastly underrepresented and face deeply toxic work environments.
While the Liberal party scrambles to achieve gender parity, The Greens are teeming with an incredible force of female talent in both houses.
Above Cate Faehrmann, Amanda Cohn and Lynda-June Coe lead our upper house ticket to join sitting upper house MPs Sue Higginson, Abigail Boyd and Tamara Smith, Greens MP Jenny Leong will run again in the lower house seat of Newtown. More amazing female lower house candidates include Kobi Shetty, Amanda Findley, Izabella Antoniou, Philipa Veitch and more.
Basically, we’ve got an embarrassment of riches and they’re just an embarrassment. Choose wisely.