AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS – AUSTRALIA

Australian politics needs fewer ‘vaguely incompetent men’, Amanda Vanstone says, not gender quotas

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Original article by Karen Middleton
The Guardian – Page: Online : 10-Sep-24

Amanda Vanstone says the best way to get more high-quality women into politics is to have fewer ‘vaguely incompetent men’ in Australian politics, with Vanstone being a former Howard government minister. Opposed to quotas for women in politics, Vanstone was speaking as Labor celebrated the 30th anniversary of its affirmative-action rule that imposed quotas for women, with women making up 52.4 per cent of the current Labor federal caucus.

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Malcolm Turnbull’s daughter scolds Liberal Party over female representation

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Original article by Sam Clench
news,com.au – Page: Online : 6-Sep-18

Daisy Turnbull Brown agrees with former foreign minister Julie Bishop that it is "unacceptable" that less than 25 per cent of federal Liberal MPs are female. Turnbull Brown, who is the daughter of former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, says it is not just parliament’s "kid/family unfriendly" nature that puts women off wanting to become MPs, but its toxic culture as well. Although not a big fan of the idea of quotas, Turnbull Brown says they may be the only way to boost the number of female federal Liberal MPs.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY