by BETTINA ARNDT – A FEW months ago, a few dozen women gathered in a room in Sydney to participate in a Wikipedia “edit-a-thon,” aimed at writing profiles of women in STEM, heaping praise on these academics simply because they are female. …
WOMEN are responsible for disproportionately fewer females entering politics, according to high profile political figures Amanda Stoker and Jacinta Price. They claim they owe their success in the Liberal Party largely to the support and guidance of “great” men.
SECRETARY of the NSW Liberal Women’s Council Natarsha Terreio has described quotas as “tokenism”, while arguing that there is no gender discrimination in Party preselections. “The problem isn’t that women aren’t winning preselection,” Ms Terreio said. “It’s that far fewer women than men are putting themselves forward. The data is clear.”
WOMEN have been warned by Australia’s most experienced female politician that parliament is not a pleasant workplace – and never will be. Former Federal Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop, who left parliament in 2016 as the nation’s longest serving female MP, said women should stay clear of politics if they’re scared of a fight.
SO-CALLED conservative politicians will face electoral annihilation if they follow Labor down the gender quota rat hole. This assessment from Sky News commentator Rita Panahi follows moves by Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison to introduce quotas to counter recent allegations of sexual misbehaviour by political staffers.
WOMEN make up half the population so should, therefore, make-up half the Parliament. Yes, but no. Women do make-up about half the population and it would be ideal if… But the simple truth is that the vast majority of women just don’t appear to be that interested in politics.
