Margo Reynolds

Margaret Reynolds AC served as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 1983 to 1999.

Reynolds had two ministerial appointments during her time in the Senate, serving as Minister for Local Government from September 1987 to April 1990 and as Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from January 1988 to April 1990.

Recent articles by Margo Reynolds

A moral precipice challenge – Vote for humanity

A moral precipice challenge – Vote for humanity

Response to the latest Israeli/US slaughter in Gaza shows the world’s citizens looking into a moral precipice. How will they act? Will they ponder the principles of humanitarian law let alone ideals of a common humanity?

Penny Wong has inherited huge challenges as Foreign Minister

Penny Wong has inherited huge challenges as Foreign Minister

Penny Wong has inherited huge challenges in her role as Foreign Minister. She is surrounded by alpha males controlling the defence and security debate, convinced that only deadly military weapons can secure a safe future for Australia. She heads a department historically seen as weak and irrelevant by too many men in power. They dismiss diplomacy and negotiation as a soft option preferring military dependence on old allies like the United Kingdom and United States.

The way we were: Parliamentarians used to fight for peace...

The way we were: Parliamentarians used to fight for peace...

Do you remember when Labor parliamentarians were vocal advocates in the Australian Peace Movement?