The former prime minister says he wants his party to pick more women, yet last month he backed a conservative senator who was trying to roll a senior female colleague.
But actions speak louder than words. Just last month, Abbott was in Adelaide, speaking at an event organised by firebrand conservative Senator, who has made a name for himself fighting the political battles that matter most to Middle Australia like drag queens and vaccine mandates.
We digress. The day after Abbott addressed local Liberals, Antic managed to convince those same party members to knock former ministerAlex’s antics weren’t well-received among many of the party’s cooler heads. It arguably contributed to the South Australian Liberals losing a byelection days later, and hasn’t helped the perception about their women problem. Antic did his best to inflame this further, by mouthing off about “gender cards” and “grievance narratives”.
It’s part of a broader pattern, GuruFocus explained in its US-trading lingo which refers to company officers as insiders.
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