Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Georgina Downer was re-endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Mayo. Kate Ashmor was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the seat for Macnamara. Susan McDonald was preselected for the No. 2 position on the LNP Senate ticket in Queensland—thumbs up from Senator Canavan and Senator McKenzie. We also have Conargo businesswoman Perin Davey, who was preselected to lead the Nationals ticket in New South Wales. We are getting on with it. We are preselecting outstanding women right across Australia to represent the Liberal and National parties. That's what we're doing. We are working hard to make progress in improving our position, and, of course, we all acknowledge it needs improving.

Honourable senators interjecting—