Demand for hijab ruling causes uproar in State Parliament | Adelaide NowHow could a simple misunderstanding become such an uproar?
I did not understand the big momentum created in both houses by the question?
I do not know about the Adelaide politics, I am real only commenting on what I am reading, and I do not understand how a celebration turn into such a debate about race, religion,costumes, etc
A question was asked about etiquette, and about the parliament rules, and a young women took it the wrong way ...
Who was South Australian-born Muriel Matters?
http://www.murielmatterssociety.com.au/
Although these two deeds punctuate Matters’ life, they mask a hard working and strong willed activist who spent an entire life acting upon deeply held principles. These convictions orbiting around thoughts of gender equality, universal access to education and a career open to talent may seem commonplace in contemporary society but at the beginning of the twentieth century they were ideals which had to be won. All the different elements contained within her life of activism culminated in 1924 when she ran as the Labour Candidate for the seat of Hastings in the General Election. Although she did not gain enough votes to unseat the incumbent (Lord Eustace Percy), this actualization of her belief that women had a natural right to participate in parliamentary decision making bodies was a victory in itself and provided an example which others soon followed.
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