Rural and regional women still facing challenges

By Hannah Tattersall
Updated July 4 2018 - 9:42am, first published July 3 2018 - 7:30am
Bendigo Mayor Margaret O'Rourke said it's the first time there are more women on council than men. Photo: Darren Howe
Bendigo Mayor Margaret O'Rourke said it's the first time there are more women on council than men. Photo: Darren Howe

In her 13 years as councillor, Anna Speedie​ has been called "girlie" a few times. At a government conference only last month, (June) when the numbers of women in government came up for discussion, an older gentleman said, 'Oh, you can't argue those statistics; you can't argue there should be 50% women sitting at the table because most of them want to stay home and have babies.'

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