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Athenaeum Club’s salami tactics trouble gender truce

It’s been almost two years since a survey found younger members of Melbourne’s Athenaeum Club broadly opposed to opening the club to women.

In the aftermath, in which a recording of an hour-long meeting discussing the survey was leaked to The Age, then-incoming president Peter Brannighan resolved to keep female membership off the agenda for the next four years.

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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. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com

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