ANALYSIS: If pictures send powerful messages, the Liberal Party's 'sea of men' speaks volumes
— and the Coalition will be in terminal decline if it fails to read the national mood on diversity.
Those who raised the issues were mocked, ridiculed — privately and even publicly in some instances — for elevating gender and arguing that it would have electoral consequences. The election victory was seen as vindication that no one really cared about gender — it was the economy, stupid. Get back in your boxes, ladies.
A record number of women have been elected to the House of Representatives for the 47th parliament. But in the Liberal Party, women hold just nine of its 42 seats.The Liberal Party has recorded its lowest female representation in parliament since 1993. This week shadow finance minister Jane Hume argued that losing good women in parliament was a "by-product of losing elections".
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