Former federal president Alan Stockdale reportedly claimed women had become ‘so assertive’ the party might need to consider support for men
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The opposition leader has encouraged “assertive women” to join the Liberals, hitting back at controversial comments made by a party elder.
Sussan Ley, the first female leader of the federal Coalition, said her party must reflect a modern Australia after the Liberal’s former federal president Alan Stockdale reportedly claimed women had become “so assertive” the party might need to consider support for men.