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Australia Liberals’ election review to back pipeline, not quotas, to attract women to party

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Australia Liberals’ election review to back pipeline, not quotas, to attract women to party

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

A secret review into the Liberals’ disastrous election loss in May has ruled out formal quotas for the number of women MPs in federal parliament and instead recommends a British-style recruitment drive to improve the party’s gender balance.

Former party director Brian Loughnane and Liberal Party finance spokeswoman Jane Hume have been leading the review, which began soon after the last federal election, and the pair briefed the federal executive on the almost-finalised review on Monday.

Click here to read the full article published by The Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 2022.

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A secret review into the Liberals’ disastrous election loss in May has ruled out formal quotas for the number of women MPs in federal parliament and instead recommends a British-style recruitment drive to improve the party’s gender balance.

Former party director Brian Loughnane and Liberal Party finance spokeswoman Jane Hume have been leading the review, which began soon after the last federal election, and the pair briefed the federal executive on the almost-finalised review on Monday.

Click here to read the full article published by The Sydney Morning Herald on 30 November 2022.

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