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NOTE : EMILY's List is a national organisation that aims to make ensure "Progressive" Labor Women are elected to parliament ... Apparently progressive means "pro-abortion and pro-institutional child care" because the Emily's List website clearly states that to join this political & personal support network, women need to be : Pro-Choice / Pro Equity / Pro-Childcare / Pro-Equal Pay & Pro-Diversity
Since 1996 EMILY's List has helped elect over 80 women to Federal, State or Territory Parliaments.
Jenny Macklin is listed on the Emily's List website as one they have helped get into the Federal Parliament
Despite the increase in Steves in the Parliament, Australia has its first acting woman PM
“We would especially like to congratulate EMILY's List endorsed MPs who have been appointed to the Ministry – Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment & Workplace Relations, & Social Inclusion; Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs; Penny Wong, Minster for Climate Change and Water; Tanya Plibersek Minister for Housing & Status of Women; Justine Elliot, Minister for Ageing and Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing,” said Ms Hussein.
In the House, the ALP will hold 83 seats, 27 will be held by women MPs – 32.53% In the Senate, Labor holds 32 positions, with 14 women (43.75%). Overall there will be 41 women of 115 government members, or 35.65% overall representation. These figures exclude the seat of McEwen where the outcome is still unclear.
CLONING AND DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN EMBRYOS FOR RESEARCH :
Jenny Macklin voted in favour of the cloning and destruction of human embryos for research during the last Federal parliament's Conscience Vote on the issue.
Embryo cloning gets the go-ahead
December 2006, Sydney Morning Herald | AUSTRALIAN scientists will be able to clone human embryos for medical research under legislation passed by Parliament which divided the country's most senior politicians
In a rare conscience vote, the House of Representatives passed the controversial measures despite the Prime Minister [John Howard] urging MPs to vote against the bill because it eroded some of society's most absolute values.
.... Those in favour of the bill included cabinet ministers Brendan Nelson, Julie Bishop, Ian Macfarlane, Alexander Downer and Philip Ruddock and Labor frontbenchers Julia Gillard, Simon Crean, Jenny Macklin and Wayne Swan.
Quote: From the No Cloning.org,au website / Do No Harm
The Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 was passed just four years ago without a single dissenting vote in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. Section 9 of that Act provides that “A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a human embryo clone”.
CLONING – WHAT THEY SAID JUST FOUR YEARS AGO
“DEAR COALITION SENATOR AND MEMBER:
IF IT WAS ‘WRONG’ IN 2002
TO CREATE EMBRYOS SOLELY FOR RESEARCH,
HOW CAN IT BE ‘RIGHT’ IN 2006?”
Jenny Macklin (Labor – Jagajaga)
In speaking to this bill tonight, I will be joining many others in supporting a ban on human cloning. I am sure everybody in the parliament will support that ban, and I imagine everybody will support the ban on the creation of embryos specifically for research. It is important that the parliament is not silent on these issues.
(27/11) Crikey.Com | Slicing through Labor's post-election euphoria is the stark fact that 39 of Prime Minister-elect Kevin Rudd's parliamentary colleagues voted against him for the leadership less than 12 months ago. They wanted to keep Kim Beazley in the job so that he could have a third crack at the prime ministership. In the caucus wash-up, Rudd received 49 votes to win by just 10.
The anti-Ruddsters were: Wayne Swan, Stephen Smith, Anthony Albanese, Stephen Conroy, Martin Ferguson, Jenny Macklin, Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong, Craig Emerson, Chris Evans, Carmen Lawrence, Dick Adams, Sharon Bird, Mark Bishop, Carol Brown, Anna Burke, George Campbell, Kate Ellis, Steve Georganas, Jennie George, Michael Hatton, Chris Hayes, John Hogg, Annette Hurley, Steve Hutchins, Julia Irwin, Duncan Kerr, Catherine King, Joe Ludwig, Anne McEwen, Daryl Melham, John Murphy, Kerry O'Brien, Helen Polley, Bernie Ripoll, Glenn Sterle, Kim Wilkie, Dana Wortley and Kim Beazley.
Since then, some have made peace with Rudd and are assured of senior places in the first Cabinet to be announced at the end of this week eg. Treasurer Swan and Education and Training Minister Smith. Others have quit politics - Beazley and Carmen Lawrence
13/2 Matthew Franklin for The Australian |... the winds of change were freshening as a majority of Labor MPs refused to be sworn in holding Bibles, instead exercising their option to offer an affirmation of allegiance. Of the Labor frontbench, only Mr Rudd, Simon Crean, Martin Ferguson and Peter Garrett took the Bible in hand as they declared their allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II and her heirs and successors.
In marked contrast, all members of the God-fearing Coalition front bench swore on the Bible, many supplying their own for the occasion.
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