If Old School White-Anting Sussan Ley on Gender Quotas Works, the Liberals May Pay a Heavy Political Price

If old school white-anting Sussan Ley on gender quotas works, the Liberals may pay a heavy political price

The problem for those opposing a new system is that quotas are the only method shown to have worked to get more women in politicsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA day after the Labor party first voted to implement gender quotas to promote the representation of women in federal politics, five female Liberal MPs condemned the decision in a statement.Labor’s national conference in Hobart in September 1994 featured heated …

Taylor rejects Liberal quotas for women as Ley remains undecided

Moderates and conservatives are split over whether the party should force itself to boost female representation with a formal mechanism, or whether it can be trusted to do so organically.