No glass ceiling to see here: how the Liberal party blew up the merit myth | Van Badham

Liberal party women have talked down feminism and talked up merit for decades. Where has it got them?

Now Australian senator Lucy Gichuhi is speaking out against bullying – by her own parliamentary Liberal party colleagues – during its most recent leadership spill. Brutal persuasion tactics left “senators and ministers in tears,” she told the ABC.

Kelly O’Dwyer has confirmed there were “threats, intimidation and bullying”. Senator Linda Reynolds was left “distressed and disturbed” by the behaviour.

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