Brisbane’s diocese is making unparalleled strides in gender equality, with 8 more women being ordained than men in the past decade.
Sydney’s diocese still does not permit women to be ordained, with Archbishop of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall saying his Sydney colleagues have a more conservative interpretation of the bible.
One of the newest entrants to their ranks is the Reverend Rosemary Gardiner, 30, anointed last weekend before a packed congregation in St John's Cathedral on Ann Street.