They went to Canberra (Tribune, 10 Maret 1954)

Tribune (1954-03-10) - They went to Canberra Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212473545 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 10 Mar 1954 - They went to Canberra Tribune (Sydney, NSW: 1939 - 1991), Wednesday 10 March 1954, page 6 They went to CanberraJJIGHLIGHT of activity by Australian women last year in the struggle for peace, for homes, hospitals and for their children's needs was the deputation to Canberra. Over' 200 women from ail over Australia, from many walks of life, and representing many organisations, participated in this deputation, lobbied Federal Members and expressed their demands in no uncertain way. s This willingness to join in $ the struggle for a better and % peaceful life was again ex- j pressed at the Australian Con- l vention on Peace and War, at \ which over one third of the j delegates were women. 4 1953 saw a number of Aus-j tralian women sent overseas by s their organisations to Confer-? ences and Congresses on Peace, \ Defence of Children, Youth jt Festival, and the more recent < Congress of Women at Copen- j; hagen. &pound; Australian women represen- 2 tatives will doubtless attend 7 the Indonesian women's con- j 11 gress conference in Indonesia 5;&raquo; to be held shortly. $ &bull; I Women also united in in-? numerable campaigns round such local needs as tetter schools, healthier beaches, cheaper milk. They also took part in a /campaign for equal pay for women workers, as expressed in ACTU September Congress resolution. And today, Australian women;; stand alongside their menfolk in the campaigns for the de-feat of the Menzies Government and its war policy, and, for higher wages and lower 5 prices, for better living con- J ditions, for freedom and peace. -