The federal treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, has conceded the Liberal party has “got to do more” to recruit women as he signalled the government would take action against sexual harassment in parliament before the end of the year. On Sunday, Frydenberg said 38% of MPs and senators in federal parliament were women. In the Liberal party, although representation in the lower house is closer to a quarter, half of the party’s senators are women. Asked if the Coalition would block Labor’s target if it were in opposition, Frydenberg replied: “We’re not about to support Labor’s policy. Frydenberg attacked Labor’s policy for utilising the safeguards mechanism – a cap on emissions of the biggest polluters that was implemented by the Abbott Coalition government.

Source: The Guardian December 05, 2021 05:34 UTC