http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/carolyn-pickles/ Carolyn Pickles was elected to SA Parliament in 1985 and was Leader of the Opposition (Labor) in the Upper House from 1994 until her retirement in 2002.  Now Deputy Chair of Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Board, Member of the Health Performance Council and Member of the State Library of SA. Foundation Board and enjoying her retirement - as there is a life after Parliament. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-have-been-eased-out-of-sas-parliament/ What was it that we women set out to achieve so long ago I can hardly remember the detail?  Did we want to take over the world?  Did we want to make men subservient to our will?  Were we angry enough to march in the streets for our right for equality?  No to the first two and yes, to the last.  I remember the US author Deidre Bair telling us at a Writers’ Week that what we wanted was equality, we all had men as friends, lovers, husbands, sons, brothers, we just wanted to have the same opportunities as they had and that bitterness had no place in a brave new world.  Well, for some it had, those most mistreated in some cultures, but for most of us women living in affluent Australia, it didn’t seem too hard to expect that we could easily settle for equality of opportunity.  So, why now, in another century ,is it still so hard to achieve that equality? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Carolyn Pickles) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-have-been-eased-out-of-sas-parliament/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/women-have-been-eased-out-of-sas-parliament/#item5154 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:40:46 +0000 Carolyn Pickles | Author bios | The Punch