DPS has no way of knowing number of parliamentarian medical interventions Health Department of Parliamentary Services has no precise way of recording when medically qualified parliamentarians intervene in medical emergencies.
Collapsing visitors assisted by doctor-turned-MP Scamps May 15, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Health Former GP turned MP says she has been asked to assist visitors who have collapsed in Parliament House, which has no onsite doctor available.
Husar wants Parliamentary Services to put a doctor in the House May 5, 2024 By Tom Ravlic Federal Former MP Emma Husar adds to demands for the Department of Parliamentary Services to establish an onsite GP in Parliament House.
Parliament House is not the boys’ club it once was, but there’s more to be done to fix the culture June 6, 2022 By Amber Schultz Editors' Picks There are high hopes a new government means a change to parliament’s workplace culture. But how will we know when the toxicity is gone?
PSsst! Even stationery isn’t stationary May 27, 2022 By The Mandarin Editors' Picks Get out your pens and pencils, women-first focus for first lady of public service, we’re not in Kansas anymore Toto, and more. PSsst! Here’s what we’ve heard.
Premium Insights and analysis Parliament workplace behaviour? Unfinished business May 27, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Culture It seems odd that some of the rougher rhetoric directed at the teal independents took place after two years of intense focus on the way parliament treats women.
Change begins with addressing sexist culture in parliament, says ERA May 24, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Federal The NWA says it will work with the new government to achieve its campaign promises of cheaper childcare, gender-responsive budgeting, and reducing the gender pay gap.
Premium Columnists Cultural change needed if we are to find better political representation February 15, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks Cultural change needs more than a series of MPs apologising for the failure of parliament to properly deal with incidents of sexual abuse.
Premium Insights and analysis Representative or reprehensible? December 8, 2021 By Tom Ravlic Editors' Picks How much of the Jenkins Report has the attention of voters who do not spend their time in the environment described by countless staffers and parliamentarians?
