Dr Avery Poole

Assistant Director, Melbourne School of Government, University of Melbourne

Politics & Society

Sexism, women and Australian politics

The sexist remark thrown at Senator Sarah Hanson-Young underscores the urgent need for more women in Australian parliament

Politics & Society

Timor-Leste’s political impasse

Despite a decade of relative political stability, Timor-Leste is going to the polls again as a result of fractious relations among the major parties

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