Almost 20 years ago a mother and her three-year-old daughter stood outside the High Court with a placard that read: “Mum, can women be High Court judges?”
Mary Gaudron, the first and only woman to serve on the court, was retiring. Dyson Heydon was being sworn in that day – February 11, 2003 – as her replacement. Many people, including the next judge to retire, were asking the same question.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
