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Cover Image A Switch in Time

A Switch in Time -
restoring respect to Australian politics
By Mary Crooks


Watch the key note speeches from the Switch in Time Melbourne event held on the 30th of November 2012. Featuring Tony Windsor MP Independent Member for New England and Mary Crooks Executive Director VWT here.

Launched in September 2012 and published by The Victorian Women's Trust, A Switch in Time is our call to action in a long standing quest for gender equality, our interest in strengthening our democracy and our commitment to care for the earth.

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Foreword and Introduction
Section A: respecting democratic principles
       
Section B: respecting a fair go

Section C: respecting the common good 
          
Section D Throw the switch, re-direct the current

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March 2013. Read Mary Crooks' article 'Bravery Begets... Belittlement?' on the Little Black Dress Group website here.

October 2012. Read Tracey Spicers' article 'Dear Mr Sexist' in The Hoopla here.

September 2012. Read E.D. Mary Crooks' article 'Suffering a sad lack of respect' in The Sunday Age here.

September 2012. Read Mary Crooks' article 'Democracy in Distress' in The Age here.

September 2012. Listen to Anne Summers interview on Radio Adelaide Breakfast addressing the issue of the political persecution of Julia Gillard. The full interview is available here.

September 2012. Watch Dr Anne Summers 'Her Rights At Work? The political persecution of Australia's first Female Prime Minister' lecture here.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
(Alice Walker, Pulitzer prize-winning novelist and poet)
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