1 One hundred years ago men gathered to draft the Australian Constitution. A second approach is to demand constitutional change so that the Australian Constitution explicitly provides for equal representation of women. Power, Politics and Equality Political parties wield considerable power.
Religious bodies are exempt from a multiplicity of taxes, rates and other fiscal burdens.
Political parties receive financial support, in that members who are elected to parliament receiving funding reimbursement for their political campaigns. Political parties apparently consider themselves exempt from any requirement to ensure that sex discrimination is not practiced in preselection and appointment to executive positions. If they adopt an 'affirmative action policy' it is not because they consider themselves bound by requirements of any Act or regulation, or because they see any requirement in the Constitution that they should do so. Can arguments made that the Constitution implicitly requires them to practice non-discrimination in preselection, etc processes. In a number of cases, the High Court has considered whether these words mean 'one person, one vote'.