About this event
Join trailblazing Labor women Anne Levy, Molly Byrne, Rhiannon Pearce MP and Carolyn Pickles in conversation with host Olivia Savvas.
Hear from Khatija Thomas, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement legal officer and South Australian Labor Party Aboriginal Members Network Co-Convenor about the upcoming referendum on the First Nations Voice to Parliament.
The panel includes:
Molly Byrne OAM – Labor’s first woman elected to the SA Parliament and second woman elected to the House of the Assembly in 1965.
Anne Levy AO – served as the first Labor President of the Legislative Council from 1986 – 1989. Anne is the first (and so far only) woman to hold the Leg Co Presidency.
Carolyn Pickles – Leg Co Member from 1985 – 2002 and first woman elected to lead a major party in any Chamber in the SA Parliament (served as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council)
Olivia Savvas – elected at the 2022 State Election, representing the marginal seat of Newland and youngest woman ever elected to the House of Assembly
Rhiannon Pearce – elected at the 2022 State Election, representing the marginal seat of King and serves as Assistant Minister to Deputy Premier Susan Close.
