No matter how low the number, the Liberal Party script on women in the party is the same

No matter how low the number, the Liberal Party script on women in the party is the same

Assuming Liberal leader Sussan Ley takes a COMCAR to Parliament House, the rest of the Liberal women can get there in a Corolla.

Bite-sized politics: The Liberal Party’s women problem - It’s raining men

The recent election of Sussan Ley as the first female federal Liberal Party leader represents a historic moment that “sent a signal” to Australian women. But substantive change in the Liberal Party will require more than symbolic leadership. The Liberal Party used to lead on women’s representation: eight of the first 10 female federal MPs and senators were Liberals; for its first 50-plus years, it was the Liberals that championed female enfranch…