Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes says Tanya Plibersek needs to “look in the mirror” after the shadow women’s minister rejected Scott Morrison’s claim to be protecting “great women”.
Jana Stewart, who has become Labor’s first Victorian Aboriginal senator, is proud of the party’s 50-50 gender split in caucus but says it needs to take greater action on increasing cultural diversity.
Two statutory declarations say Scott Morrison told party members they should not back his main opponent, Michael Towke, for preselection in 2007 because of his ethnic background and because of rumours he was a Muslim.
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