The Liberal Social gathering is eager to promote it is learnt completely nothing throughout the election, assuring voters gender parity is not mandatory — as Liberal males are there to talk for girls. Phew.
Just a little over an hour after electing Peter Dutton as chief of the Liberal Social gathering and Sussan Ley as deputy chief, the pair hosted a press convention at Parliament Home — and shortly proved the celebration has learnt nothing, modified nothing and has no want to be totally different.
There are extra males named Andrew than feminine Liberals within the Senate, with the celebration additionally projected to have simply seven ladies within the Home of Representatives, down from 13. The Nationwide Social gathering will even be fronted by a person, David Littleproud, with Perin Davey as deputy.
Ley is certainly one of simply 11 ladies throughout the Coalition’s 57 profitable seats and was fast to guarantee journalists that, regardless of not being represented within the celebration, ladies’s points can be heard.
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