Vale Susan Ryan, pioneer Labor feminist who showed big, difficult policy changes can, and should, be made

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Vale Susan Ryan, pioneer Labor feminist who showed big, difficult policy changes can, and should, be madeSusan Ryan in 1984, the first woman to be appointed to cabinet in a Labor government.

The politician who achieved equal rights legislation for women in Australia, Hon Susan Ryan AO, died unexpectedly yesterday in Sydney aged 77, still fighting for fairness in a country challenged by deep inequalities.

In 1983, new Prime Minister Bob Hawke appointed...

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