Why Anglican women can be bishops in Australia but not England

From Australia-

Twenty years ago, Anglicans in Australia and England independently passed legislation to allow for the ordination of women as priests.

Now the Anglican Church of Australia has just appointed its fourth female bishop, while the Church of England has narrowly failed to adopt legislation that would allow for the country’s first female bishops.

Currently women can become priests but not bishops throughout England. By contrast in Australia it’s up to the individual diocese, so in some parts of the country women are able to be neither bishops nor priests and in others they can be both. And while 74% of the members of the English General Synod – the Church of England’s parliament – voted in favour of female bishops, a similar vote in the Australian General Synod would struggle to pass.

How is it, then, that women can be bishops in Australia but not England?

More here-

http://theconversation.edu.au/why-anglican-women-can-be-bishops-in-australia-but-not-england-11337