Rear Window

Scott Morrison put forward for the all-male Australian Club

Mark Di Stefano and Myriam Robin

Dec 8, 2022 – 4.31pm

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Ousted prime minister Scott Morrison had what has usually been dubbed a “problem” with female voters, disastrously compounded by a party with more of the same. So, we do wonder at the optics of his latest social commitment, at Sydney’s opulent Australian Club. Where, we guarantee, he won’t be scouting out new female Liberal Party members, or indeed spending much time listening to women at all.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison. Rhett Wyman

Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent.

Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.