Category: Liberal Party

Menzies Had a Message for Morrison: ‘Gender Quotas Are Unfair and Illiberal’

March 28, 2021
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Commentary While Australians are worried about rising unemployment and exorbitant electricity bills, the government is concerned about “gender balance.” Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is deeply committed to boosting female representation in the Liberal Party, and is pushing for structural reforms to his party to improve such representation in Parliament. First of all, the…

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Australian Liberal Party Divided Over PM’s Call for Female Quotas

March 26, 2021
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The Australian Liberal Party has not decided whether to go with gender quotas for its preselection of political candidates, despite the call from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other members of Parliament over the past week. The call by some Liberal politicians comes as the Morrison government is under increasing scrutiny over its handling of…

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Ex-Soldier Preferred Over MP Kevin Andrews by Victorian Libs in Preselection

January 31, 2021
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The longest currently serving MP in the federal parliament has been overlooked by Liberal colleagues in a preselection battle. Former SAS commando and barrister Keith Wolahan was preferred over former defence minister Kevin Andrews in the preselection for the Victorian seat of Menzies on Sunday. Andrews, 65, had the backing of Prime Minister Scott Morrison…

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