Liberals re-examine gender quotas in slew of proposals to make party ‘fit-for-purpose political machine’

Australia's Liberal Party is reconsidering gender quotas as part of efforts to increase female parliamentary representation, which party leadership says is critical to the party's long-term survival, per The Guardian. The proposal comes from a discussion paper by the Liberal Party Commission, an internal review established after consecutive federal election defeats. Angus Taylor has already stated his opposition to the measure.

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