Historically, we in the Liberal Party have been quite woeful when it comes to picking women, but this time I have faith.
Weeks ago, Australia united unlike ever before for a sporting team when we rallied behind the Matildas. We’ve also seenSure, you can argue soccer is the world’s sport. You can argue thathad great marketing. But this week, yet another anomaly occurred. More than 92,000 people turned up to watch a female university, making it the largest crowd to ever see a women’s sporting event in history. I am hoping I don’t need to labour the point that this event is by every measure unusual.
Sporting bodies, film production companies and brands are no longer earnestly telling us, regretfully, that women are a fringe interest. No. Women, the majority, are now starting to be treated as such. Okay fine, maybe just as equals.Agencies in all sectors are scrambling to sign up and support women to make sure they don’t miss out on their piece of the pie. And there’s no hard feelings.
in a raft of federal seats for the next election, which means members will get their say in preselections. Historically, we have been quite woeful when it comes to picking women, but this time I have faith.If you’ve read any of my work, you’ll know I have been frank in my disappointment at the lack of support for Coalition women , so I hope it means something when I say that things truly feel like they’re improving .
But all of this is just a feeling. A hunch. The honest conversations and gentle steering will mean nothing if our members don’t put pen to paper and actually vote for women in our coming preselections. The party said it could fix our poor gender representation without quotas. Now it’s time for members to put their money where their mouth is.
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