Former Morrison government minister turned company director Kelly O’Dwyer is backing growing calls for gender quotas for the Liberal Party to bring more women into politics, as she opens up on the challenges of having worked as a young mum in Canberra.
“I have long supported targets with clear accountability mechanisms, which some people call quotas – whether to government boards, in the leadership of the public service, or indeed, in preselection in the Liberal Party,” she told BOSS.
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