Coalition happy to have quotas for Nationals on frontbench but not for female Liberal MPs, Tanya Plibersek says

The Guardian

Labor frontbencher rubbishes Angus Taylor’s assertion that gender quotas ‘subvert democratic processes’

The Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has rubbished Liberal party objections to quotas to boost female representation in frontline politics, while dismissing claims longstanding Labor rules subvert democracy.

As a series of reviews into the Coalition’s emphatic 3 May election loss get under way, the shadow defence minister, Angus Taylor, has opposed a push for changes to preselection rules to promote Liberal women into winnable seats.

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