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Australian members of Parliament, Andrew Wilkie, Rebekha Sharkie and Helen Haines, held signs last month to protest lawmakers’ treatment of women.Credit.Sam Mooy/Getty Images
April 5, 2021, 4:51 p.m. ET
SYDNEY, Australia When Julia Banks arrived in Parliament five years ago after a successful career in law and business, she felt as if she’d stepped back into the ’80s. Alcohol flowed freely. She occasionally smelled it on the breath of male lawmakers when they voted.
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