{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Feminist Acts","title":"#3 - What if women wrote the Constitution?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2962,"description":"Australia's Constitution has no right to equality. It has no bill of rights. And our last attempt at constitutional change (the 2023 Voice referendum) failed.\nSo we set our sights on 2048. We've re-written the Constitution for a Women's Constitutional Convention 20+ years from now.\n\nOur proposal includes a new preamble and a constitutional right to equality. \nIt also includes quotas across Parliament, the Ministry, the courts and the public service, so that no single gender can ever hold more than 60% of the power.\n\nThe result is a Constitution built for everyone who lives under it.\n\nIn this episode, you'll learn:\nWhy Australia's Constitution doesn't have a bill of rights (and what that means for you today)\nWhat the \"Q word\" is, why it's so controversial, and why we need it\nWhat the failed 2023 Voice referendum taught us about Australia's appetite for constitutional change\nGuests:\nAssociate Professor Kcasey McLoughlin, School of Law and Justice, University of Newcastle\nAssociate Professor Yee-Fui Ng, Faculty of Law, Monash University\nEmerita Professor Margaret Thornton, Australian National University\nHosts:\nBecky Batagol, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University\nKate Seear, Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University\n\nTake action today:\nThe book is free! The provisions are drafted. Take them to your parliament. Adapt them for another jurisdiction. Or start your own feminist legislation project.\nYou can find Kcasey and Yee-Fui’s full proposal to change the Australian Constitution here, in Chapter 3 of our book, ‘Re-writing and Re-imagining Rights: Enshrining Gender Equality in Australia's Constitution’ by Kcasey McLoughlin and Yee-Fui Ng\n\nYou can find Margaret’s commentary on Kcasey and Yee-Fui's proposal in Chapter 3A of our book, ‘Commentary on Re-writing and Re-imagining Rights’ by Margaret Thornton.\nDownload the full book for free (open access):...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9qpaPxX9PgYAW5RSDNWabBKNADT3ptoX-L5GcGDtzBg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yOWQ3/MzEzZTg5Yjg2ZGQ4/ZDU0YzIzZTdjMzRh/NDdlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}