Ryan wrote after Hawke's death in 2019: As the first (and only) woman in a federal Labor cabinet, I lost quite a few battles and budget bids, and endured some tough treatment.
[2]Dr Anne Summers was appointed to run the Office of the Status of Women in December 1983, a position she occupied for about three years.
[5] On 26 October 2004, under the Liberal National Party (LNP) government of Prime Minister John Howard, the Office was transferred from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to the Department of Family and Community Services, changing its name to the Office for Women.
This is the highest outcome since public reporting on the gender balance of Government boards began in 2011.
Statistics on new appointments made in 2016-17 show how individual portfolios have progressed towards meeting the target.