Listening Tour Diary
Women: put your hand up for Australia 2020 summit – 27 February 2008
Some of you will have seen the news coverage relating to the gender composition the Australia 2020 summit steering committee. I am concerned, like a large proportion of Australians, that the 11-person steering committee announced yesterday has only one female member.
Neglecting women at this pivotal part of the summit planning could very easily lead to women’s experiences not being represented at this important opportunity to shape Australia’s future. It may seem an obvious point to make, but women make up half the population of this country and if we assume merit is distributed equally among the sexes, women like men make up some of our best and brightest.
As selection of the discussion groups will be drawn from the nomination process, I urge women of all ages and backgrounds to put their names forward. Women interested in nominating for the Australia 2020 summit should nominate by close of business this Friday, 29 February, by going to www.australia2020.gov.au
Anonymous Said,
February 27, 2008 @ 7:54 pm
For the rest of the 20,699,000 people in Oz not invited to the Summit, the online community created a wiki called Oz Ideas to be our forum to list and vote on the best ideas to improve Australia. It’s free and can be anonymous. We just think everyday people probably have just as good ideas for this country than the experts, so the site acts as a national online brainstorming session. It’s at http://ozideas.wetpaint.com
See what you think, and if you like it, please invite your members and friends to participate.
Cheers,
Jim