Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth

This episode of ‘Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth’, the CPA’s Podcast, speaks to Hon. Kate Doust, a Member of the Legislative Council from the Parliament of Western Australia. We speak about her role as a Presiding Officer and Member of Parliament; how her trade union background has helped in her career; the barriers facing women in politics and how to overcome them; the role of ‘mo...

In The Juggle: How Politicians Prioritise, a special World Parliament Day mini-series of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth , we peel back the layers of what Parliaments do and consider a simple concept that lies at the heart of parliamentary democracy – representation. As an elected representative, the job of a politician is to collect the views of the people they represent, and use...

In The Juggle: How Politicians Prioritise, a special World Parliament Day mini-series of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth , we peel back the layers of what Parliaments do and consider a simple concept that lies at the heart of parliamentary democracy – representation. As an elected representative, the job of a politician is to collect the views of the people they represent, and use...

On a special episode of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, the former Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, sits down with CPA Secretary-General and former UK MP, Stephen Twigg, for a wide-ranging conversation.  Gillard, who served as Prime Minister from 2010 to 2013: praises affirmative action as a proven solution to increase the representation of women in Parliament (07:16) war...

On this episode of Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, we ask: how can Commonwealth democracies be more representative of indigenous peoples? To discuss this question we are joined by: Hon. Lenox R Shuman MP,  Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Guyana and Member of the Arawak Nation; Sheila North, former Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak and campaigner for indigenous wom...

On World Refugee Day, we ask: How can we give refugees a voice in our democracies? To discuss this question, we are joined by Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot, a newly elected Member of the Parliament of Western Australia and former South Sudanese refugee; Sally Gandar, Head of Parliamentary Advocacy & Legal Advisor at the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town; and Louise Donovan, Communications Officer for UNH...

Each year, on 7 April,  Rwandans mark Kwibuka, the National Commemoration of Victims of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in remembrance of the estimated 800,000 people who were killed during a campaign of violence carried out by Hutu extremists from 7 April to 4 July 1994. On the 27th anniversary of the start of genocide in Rwanda, we ask: What can parliamentary democracies do to remember...

This is a teaser announcement for Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, a podcast by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. We’re about to launch our first episode, marking Kwibuka, the Annual Commemoration of Victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. On the episode, we ask what parliamentary democracies can do to remember victims of genocide and prevent future genocides...