Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock are one step closer to making history as a single job-sharing member of parliament with the official registration of the Better Together Party.
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But the federal court is yet to decide if a single senator position shared by two people in parliament is even legal.
In the meantime, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has formally registered the Melbourne-based party with 1554 signed up members.
A federal election has to be held by May 17.
"We're thrilled," Ms Bradlow told ACM, the publisher of this masthead.
"I think it shows that there's a huge amount of support behind the party and what we're trying to achieve.
"And the idea of having an independent run in the Senate in Victoria, and the idea of job sharing, which is exciting."
It still might not happen
The AEC had initially rejected their application to run two people for a single seat in parliament.
The women filed a challenge to that decision in the Federal Court on February 12.
The court was meant to consider the issue sooner, but the commonwealth wants to be a part of proceedings and ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred delayed a hearing, Ms Bradlow said.
It is now scheduled to be heard on March 12.
The women, who would be running as an independent for the Senate, say they stand for gender equality, women's safety, action on climate change, and integrity in government.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to end work-from-home arrangements for public servants if the Coalition wins government at the election.
He said there were "plenty of opportunities around job sharing" for women who could not be in the office five days a week.
Would they run as two, not one?
Asked if they would run separately for two different positions in the Senate if their legal bid was unsuccessful, Ms Bradlow said she wasn't sure.
"We haven't thought that far," she said.
Ms Bradlow said their push for job sharing was driven by a desire to open politics up to a wider range of people.
"It stands for bringing in a broader group of people to be elected representatives in Australia," she said.
"It means that there's a bigger group of people who can put their hand up to say that they want to represent their community in elected office.
"At the moment, we're only getting people who are willing and able to devote their life to politics.
"That is a very small group of people."
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