Who the Bloody Hell Are They!

Where the bloody hell are the females?

Male candidates dominate nominations for safe seats for the major parties in the House of Representatives – 84% of Coalition candidates and 67% of Labor candidates in safe seats are male.

The Coalition has 34% female candidates but only 16% in safe seats (>6% margin)
Overall Labor is closer to gender equity but has nominated only 35% females in safe seats
Where there is heavy lifting to be done (in swing seats with <6% margin), both parties have nominated a higher proportion of females (Labor 58%, Coalition 49%)

Where the bloody hell is the information?

You need a resume to get a job in a call centre, but you can run for parliament with a few vague statements about your career.

There is little data available on which factions control candidates or on candidate’s union membership and affiliation
There is little data on the religious beliefs of candidates

Where the bloody hell is the diversity of experience?

You might expect that the members of the next government would draw on a wide array of experience to run this country. Well you’d be wrong…. 45% of incumbent MPs and Senators spent the of their predominant portion of pre-parliamentary careers as lawyers, union officials or political operatives. And it’s 63% for Labor candidates.

63% of incumbent Labor candidates spent predominant portion of pre-parliamentary careers either as lawyers, union officials or political operatives.
the Coalition this figure is 29%
There is no reliable data for non-incumbent candidates