Clive Palmer (Fairfax, Palmer United Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. It is 114 years since women received the vote—a long time ago. It took them 41 years to get a member in parliament, yet in your ministry you have got a significantly lower proportion of women than voted at the elections. Does the government think Liberal women or members are less worthy or of lower merit than their Liberal male colleagues, or do you just say you believe in gender equality and fail to do anything about it?

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