Commentary Recently, the Australian federal government has been plagued with revelations of inappropriate sexual conduct by politicians and staffers in Parliament House. The uproar started with explosive allegations that a former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, had been raped in March 2019 in the offices of then-Minister of Defence Linda Reynolds. This terrible event resulted in an avalanche of other allegations, which exposed the sordid environment of sexual exploitation, intimidation, and depravity infesting Parliament House. It all snowballed out of control, and new revelations of inappropriate sexual behaviour were levelled at predatory males. There were repeated calls for a change in the “toxic culture” of Parliament House. To deal with these embarrassing revelations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that he would be willing to consider the setting of gender quotas in the pre-selection of Liberal candidates. Following the allegations of sexual misconduct, at least five female Liberal politicians publicly committed to …