Julie Bishop has been vocal about the treatment of senior female politicians since she stepped down after the ouster of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull last year. She told a talk in Adelaide Saturday that Melania thought her partner David Patton was Australia’s foreign minister, instead of her, after President Donald Trump stuck up a conversation with him, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. US First Lady Melania Trump touches down in Africa“And I said ‘No, David’s going to the partners’ lunch’. There have been growing calls for the Liberals to introduce quotas to improve the low levels of female representation in the party. Former prime minister Julia Gillard became a torchbearer for women around the world in 2012 with her fiery speech about misogyny in parliament, where she accused Abbott of sexism.

Source: The Express Tribune March 10, 2019 15:56 UTC