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Cabinet meetings in Victoria used to start at 9am on Mondays. Now they start at 2pm.
That five-hour shift symbolises the difference women have made to the parliament, both culturally and practically.
Jill Hennessy, Sarah Mitchell, Bronnie Taylor, Jaclyn Symes and Jacinta Allan are among the women in parliaments helping change their culture.Â
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When senior Victorian MP Jill Hennessy first joined the frontbench, she found shadow cabinet meetings at times that âcouldnât ⦠be more inconvenient for a person trying to drop kids at childcare, or school, or pick them up if you triedâ.
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