Emily’s List AU

EMILY's List is Australia’s only financial, political and personal support network for progressive Labor women in Australian politics.

Federal Liberal Women’s Committee

As the peak body representing women in the Liberal Party, the FWC has been active in promoting women for elected office, advocating policy, advising on a wide range of issues, assisting in election campaigns and performing a vital role in the enduring success of the Liberal Party. Much of the FWC’s efforts are unsung but they are crucial to the development of a truly representative nationwide party organisation.

Joan Kirner Young and Emerging Leaders

This program provides development and networking opportunities to support you on your leadership journey. It recognises the legacy of the late Joan Kirner AC, Victoria’s first and only female Premier.

National Indigenous Youth Parliament

The National Indigenous Youth Parliament is a week-long leadership program for young (16-25y.o) Indigenous Australians held in Canberra. The centrepiece is a two-day simulated parliament in the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House.

Not Too Young To Run

"Not too Young to" is a non-partisan not-for-profit on a mission to increase civic engagement and political participation amongst young Australians.

We believe in a world where young people are central to solution building, policy-making and lasting change through politics.

QUT Pathways to Politics for Women

As the only program of its kind in Queensland, QUT's Pathways to Politics for Women is a nonpartisan initiative that seeks to increase female participation in all levels of government by equipping women with the skills to succeed in being elected to public office, and to thrive as political leaders.

The program is designed to provide participants with the networks, training and support required to advance their political career.

UniMelb Pathways to Politics

Pathways to Politics Program for Women is changing the face of politics. It seeks to increase female participation in politics by equipping women with the skills and knowledge to succeed in running for elected office, and to thrive as political leaders.

Raise Our Voice AU

To ensure that our public decision-making institutions reflect us as a population, we are running training, providing mentoring and creating seats at the table to increase the number of young, diverse female/ non-binary voices leading the conversation in politics, domestic and foreign policy. Our first training cohort ran in September to October 2020.

Run For It

In order to see young people represented in politics and create major change in Australia, we need to see young people more informed, engaged, and involved in all types of decision making. 

We build young leaders who will be ready to take on the established political class by demanding economic, social and climate justice for all.

She Runs

Our Campaign School provides West Australian women with the practical skills and networks they need to run, and succeed, in their own campaigns for change, as well as connect them with key political stakeholders in metropolitan and rural areas.

Women for Election Australia

Women for Election Australia provides programs designed specifically to empower all women and help them to overcome the many challenges they may face when considering a career in politics.

YMCA Youth Parliament

YMCA Youth Parliament is a national project that gives young people a chance to stand up in Parliament and have their voices heard. The program aims to educate, empower and encourage young people to take an active role in their community by contributing the views of their electorate at a state level.

50/50 by 2030 Foundation

The 50/50 by 2030 Foundation is a bold new gender equality initiative established by the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA), at the University of Canberra, Australia. So, why ‘50/50’? Well, in a word - it’s time. And why the year 2030? Because, we’re running out of time. None of us can wait the 170 years the World Economic Forum estimates it will take to reach economic gender equality.

ANU Gender Institute

The Gender Institute is a cross-campus ANU institute launched by Dame Quentin Bryce AD, CVO in March 2011 when she was Governor-General of Australia. It has a dual mission: (1) to connect our ongoing work on gender and sexuality in research, education and outreach and (2) to promote innovative research and programs to help redress gendered inequalities at ANU.

Australian Human Rights Council

The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory organisation, established by an act of Federal Parliament. We protect and promote human rights in Australia and internationally.

Australian Progress

Australian Progress revitalises civil society movements, enabling them to win social and environmental progress and strengthen our democracy. Together with hundreds of partners, we ensure the community interest shapes our nation’s priorities. We work across three core pillars:

1. We transform the skills of community leaders;

2. We foster community; and

3. We drive shared action.

Blueprint Institute

We are a bold think tank who likes a real conversation about the issues facing the next generation, not just the next election. We are deep thinkers who know how policymaking works because we’ve worked in it ourselves and understand that politics is the art of the possible.  

We believe sound policy puts people, not ideology, first. We know the next generation of politicians can and must do better at finding policy solutions to the big challenges like climate change that have become entrenched with narrow ideology and identity politics. 

We don’t discard an idea just because it doesn’t fit our worldview. Rather, we observe, we examine and we listen. Our policy recommendations will be blueprints of vision, grounded in evidence, to transform this country as it faces the big challenges of tomorrow. 

With deep experience in community groups, government, politics and industry our team knows how to produce big ideas that resonate with policymakers, the media and the public.

Chifley Research Centre

As the official think tank of the Australian Labor Party, our mission is to champion a Labor culture of ideas.

Named in honour of Labor’s hero Prime Minister, Ben Chifley, and inspired by his words that “Labor must not only desire to win, it must deserve to win”, we seek to advance the principles of democracy, equality and opportunity by undertaking a rich program of progressive thinking.

Disability Leadership Institute

The Disability Leadership Institute offers leadership development and support for leaders with disabilities, including coaching, training, networking, and a range of resources.

Diversity Council of Australia

Diversity Council Australia (DCA) is the independent not-for-profit peak body leading diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We provide unique research, inspiring events and programs, curated resources and expert advice across all diversity dimensions to a community of member organisations.

Engaging Women Australia

We elevate the voices of women through content platforms, an all-women speakers offering, consultancy, networking and grassroots activism for social good.

Global Institute for Women in Leadership

We work towards a world in which women of all backgrounds have fair and equal access to leadership.  

Chaired by Julia Gillard, the only woman to have served as Prime Minister of Australia, the institute brings together rigorous research, practice and advocacy to break down the barriers to women becoming leaders, while challenging ideas of what leadership looks like.

In Her Seat AU

In Her Seat is a non-partisan, national, volunteer project to honour the centenary of Edith Cowan’s election to the West Australian parliament, and that of the women who have come in her wake.

Institute of Public Affairs

The Institute of Public Affairs is an independent, non-profit public policy think tank, dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of economic and political freedom.

The McKell Institute

The McKell Institute is a progressive research institute dedicated to providing practical and innovative solutions to contemporary policy challenges.

We produce regular policy reports and host events with thought leaders from business, government and civil society.

Melbourne Disability Institute

The Melbourne Disability Institute (MDI) is an interdisciplinary research institute that was established by the University of Melbourne in 2018 to build a collaborative, interdisciplinary and translational research program to improve the lives of people with disability.

Menzies Research Centre

The Menzies Research Centre is a think-tank that champions Liberal principles and advocates for a free, just and prosperous Australia.

The Centre conducts public policy research, publishes books, hosts live events and maintains an active media presence promoting the values that have made Australia one of the most free and prosperous nations in the world.

Museum of Australian Democracy

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House is a living museum of social and political history, located in a nationally listed heritage building in Parkes, Canberra.

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House helps people to understand Australia’s social and political history by interpreting the past and present and exploring the future.

Parliamentary Education Office

The Parliamentary Education Office (PEO) educates Australians about, and inspires their enthusiasm for, Australia’s parliamentary democracy. Through accessible, immersive, experiential programs and resources we foster informed, engaged and active citizens of all ages. Located in Australia’s Parliament House, we are leaders in civics and citizenship education.

The Policy Lab

We use survey experiments to understand public opinion toward some of society’s most pressing public policy issues such as fake news, political trust and artificial intelligence.

We do research on the Future of Women at Work to identify the barriers to achieving gender equality and inclusivity and to develop evidence-based best practice for the workplace.

We examine the attitudes of Australians in relation to political and institutional trust, political outlooks and how these relate to attitudes towards a range of policy and societal issues.

We provide new evidence based on original data which helps governments and other public bodies develop creative solutions to pressing policy problems.

Reconciliation Australia

Reconciliation Australia was established in 2001 and is the lead body for reconciliation in the nation. We are an independent not-for-profit organisation that promotes and facilitates reconciliation by building relationships, respect and trust between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Our purpose is to inspire and enable all Australians to contribute to the reconciliation of the nation. Our vision is for a just, equitable and reconciled Australia. Our vision of national reconciliation is based on five critical dimensions: race relations, equality and equity, institutional integrity, unity and historical acceptance.

UN Women Australia

Women are still under-represented in government, business, civil society, and key positions of influence. UN Women works to change this by:

• Providing training for women political candidates to help build their capacities;

• Running voter and civic education and sensitisation campaigns on gender equality;

• Calling on political parties, governments and others to do their part in empowering women;

• Encouraging young men and women to engage in advocacy around making gender equality central to public policy-making; and

• Promoting women’s rights, including their right to vote and to violence-free campaigning.

Women’s Electoral Lobby

The Women’s Electoral Lobby is a national, independent, non-party political, feminist lobby group that for 45 years has worked tirelessly to improve the position of women in society.

We lobby politicians, unions, employers, educationalists and other institutions on policies that promote equality and seek to change attitudes and practices that discriminate against women.

We lobby for you. 

Women’s Leadership Institute Australia

The Women’s Leadership Institute Australia (WLIA) is a not-for-profit organisation, founded by Carol Schwartz AO. WLIA is the research and advocacy arm of the Trawalla Foundation, focused on finding the best levers for change to achieve equal voice, equal representation and equal recognition for women in Australia.

Workplace Gender Equality Agency

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency is an Australian Government statutory agency created by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012.

The Agency is charged with promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces.

Australian Greens

The Australian Greens are a political party based on four key principles: ecological sustainability, grassroots democracy, social justice and peace and non-violence.

We have the courage to put people and our future first. That means that along with meaningful and smart solutions to ensure future generations of Australians have clean air, clean water and clean soil, the Greens are also working in many other areas to champion integrity, decency and fairness.

As well as representing constituents, the Greens speak on behalf of those who wouldn’t otherwise get much of a say inside parliament: children, refugees, students, individuals and families living in poverty and, of course, our natural environment. 

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest political party. Our history is intertwined with the history of Australia’s democracy and labour movement.

Labor’s commitment to fairness at work, access to quality education no matter what a person’s circumstances and a firm belief that we should all have the same opportunities in life underpin what we do.

Labor has always aimed to, in the words of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam:

"Promote equality, to involve the people of Australia in the decision-making processes of our land, and to liberate the talents and uplift the horizons of the Australian people."

Centre Alliance

Centre Alliance (formerly the Nick Xenophon Team) is a party that believes in working constructively and respectfully across party lines to achieve strong outcomes for South Australia.

We judge all policy on its merits and we are always guided by what is in South Australia’s best interests.

We are all about listening to communities and solving problems from a non ideological perspective. 

Jacqui Lambie Network

The Jacqui Lambie Network is a populist party focused on government accountability. The Lambie Network’s four main issues are anti-corruption, foreign interference, Australian manufacturing and Veteran’s issues.

Liberal Party of Australia

We believe in the inalienable rights and freedoms of all peoples; government that nurtures and encourages its citizens through incentive; and in those most basic freedoms of parliamentary democracy - the freedom of thought, worship, speech and association.

We believe in a just and humane society in which the importance of the family and the role of law and justice is maintained; in equal opportunity for all Australians; and the encouragement and facilitation of wealth so that all may enjoy the highest possible standards of living, health, education and social justice.

We believe that, wherever possible, government should not compete with an efficient private sector; and that businesses and individuals - not government - are the true creators of wealth and employment.

We believe in preserving Australia's natural beauty and the environment for future generation and that our nation has a constructive role to play in maintaining world peace and democracy through alliance with other free nations.

In short, we believe in individual freedom and free enterprise.

National Party of Australia

We believe the future of regional Australia is critical to the future of our nation.

Our priorities are building stronger regional economies and secure communities, delivering opportunity and prosperity for all regional Australians, and ensuring a sustainable environment.

Stronger, more secure, sustainable local communities that provide the opportunity for everyone to prosper will deliver a stronger, more secure and sustainable nation.

The Nationals commitment to the national interest does not stop there. The Nationals provide a considered and commonsense perspective on all elements of Government policy and a balance between Australia’s political extremes.

One Nation Australia

One Nation believes in grass root values with a common sense approach.