Putting Equality Back on the Agenda - The Looking Glass

xi Newspoll voting intentions, published in the Australian November 22, 2007. The poll showed a
swing away from the government by women of 6 per cent, and a swing to Labor of 8 per cent. By
contrast, there was a 5 per cent swing away from the government by men, and a 7 per cent swing
towards Labor.
xii Summers, op. cit. pp 252-3
xiii Equal Opportunity Review, Discussion Paper November 2007 p. iii
xiv Marcus Priest, “Mending fences with Muslim Australia” Australian Financial Review November 30,
2007 p. 12
xv National Press Club debate between Tanya Plibersek and Sharman Stone, October 24, 2007
xvi For further examples, see Summers op. cit pp 201-2
xvii The blog can be found at http://hreocblog.com/category/diary/
xviii Elizabeth Broderick, “Women’s Business is Everyone’s Business” Sydney Morning Herald October
8, 2007
xix http://www.hreoc.gov.au/listeningtour/index.html
xx All information on the focus group research is taken from Auspoll, Qualitative Research Women,
Rights and <strong>Equality</strong>. Draft Report to Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission,
October 2007 (unpublished)
xxi Victorian Law Reform Commission, Report of Review of Family Violence Laws February 2006
xxii Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault, Study of Reported Rapes in Victoria 2000-
2003. Summary Research Report. 2006
xxiii Private communication to the writer by Dr Zoe Morrison, Coordinator of the Australian Centre for
the Study of Sexual Assault, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne December 4, 2007
xxiv Simon Mann, “somewhere to help heal and fight back” Age July 14, 2007
xxv See http://www.aisr.adelaide.edu.au/gio/
xxvi All of this information is taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Lawrie
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