Published: February 22, 2019
Her sudden low profile revealed how much her party had used her previous visibility to camouflage the extent of their institutional sexism
Former deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop has announced her resignation from Australia’s federal parliament. After 21 years as an elected representative, the once-foreign minister will not recontest her safe West Australian seat of Curtin at the next election.
Words used by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull to describe Bishop in the wake of the announcement include “elegant”. Current prime minister Scott Morrison described her “grace”. The Sydney Morning Herald ran a headline on the resignation that began “Perfectly poised, Julie Bishop quits politics”.
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