Shadow minister for women calls for systemic party change beyond quotas

Howard cautions Liberals against gender quotas

Australia's longest-serving prime minister has called on his party to broaden its electoral appeal through better policies, arguing that the gender of candidates "may matter a lot less" than politicians think.

Shadow minister for women calls for systemic party change beyond quotas

The Coalition's new shadow minister for women, Melissa McIntosh, has called for a cultural overhaul of the Liberal Party.

Quotas for women in the Libs is a divisive issue, ask any man in the party

Opposition Leader Sussan kickstarted the debate about quotas for women in the Liberal Party in a clever way. Photo: Michelle Kroll. What to do about women in the Liberal Party? It seems that’s a question the party itself just can’t seem to answer. Just ask any bloke and you’ll be told how difficult, complex, delicate and confounding the whole issue is. Any bloke in the right wing of the Liberal Party, that is. Because other than them, it’s prett…