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Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has reminded foreign media that held perceptions against PNG about its lack of female representation in Parliament cannot be accepted as slow progress. Mr Marape responded to a question from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that despite the election of  Rufina Peter as Central Province Governor, it was still very low. He said it took Australia 40 years to elect the first female into the Australian Parliament and its federation. Australia had its federation in 1901 and the first female elected to Parliament was in 1943 when Dame Enid Lyons was elected to the House of Representatives and Dorothy Tangney was elected to the Senate. For PNG, Mr Marape said it took three years for women to be in Parliament and that is a statement that women were recognized as leaders in the matrilineal communities and in modern democracy his government will support females to enter Parliament through the normal election process. He said there will be no res...

Hello viewers and welcome to our review and walk-through of Madeira Botanic Gardens. Opened to the public in 1960. The area was previously part of an estate belonging to the family of William Reid, founder of Reid’s Hotel. William Reid is arguably the islands most famous inhabitant after the footballer Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM. The garden is divided into six areas which at the time of filming we were not aware of so there is good chance that we may have missed and important display. However, it is Lorna’s philosophy that we do not research gardens beforehand so that we can give a genuine first-time reaction. So why not join us as we ramble our way through Madeira Botanic Gardens commenting on anything that catches our eyes. If you have anything to add then please write to us in the comments. If you would like to see more of this kind of content then consider liking and subscribing. We hope to see you again on one of our other garden visits.