Coalition happy to have quotas for Nationals on frontbench but not for female Liberal MPs, Tanya Plibersek says

<p>Labor frontbencher rubbishes Angus Taylor’s assertion that gender quotas ‘subvert democratic processes’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/jun/29/australia-news-live-death-in-custody-politics-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-ntwnfb">Australia news live: latest politics updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has rubbished <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/25/sussan-ley-says-shes-a-zealot-on-recruiting-more-women-to-liberal-party-but-stops-short-of-endorsing-quotas">Liberal party objections to quotas to boost female representation</a> in frontline politics, while dismissing claims longstanding Labor rules subvert democracy.</p><p>As a series of reviews into the Coalition’s emphatic 3 May election loss get under way, the shadow defence minister, Angus Taylor, has opposed a push for changes to preselection rules to promote Liberal women into winnable seats.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=copyembed">Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/29/coalition-happy-to-have-quotas-for-nationals-on-frontbench-but-not-for-female-liberal-mps-tanya-plibersek-says">Continue reading...</a>