Margo Reynolds
Margaret Reynolds AC served as anAustralian Labor PartySenator forQueenslandfrom 1983 to 1999.
Reynolds had two ministerial appointments during her time in theSenate, serving asMinister for Local Governmentfrom September 1987 to April 1990 and asMinister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from January 1988 to April 1990.
Recent articles by Margo Reynolds
28 April 2023
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.
17 November 2022
The way we were: Parliamentarians used to fight for peace...
Do you remember when Labor parliamentarians were vocal advocates in the Australian Peace Movement?