{"id":29370,"date":"2015-07-29T15:15:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T05:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=29370"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:54:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:54:27","slug":"targeting-women-with-michaelia-cash-qldaah-auspol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/targeting-women-with-michaelia-cash-qldaah-auspol\/","title":{"rendered":"Targeting women with Michaelia Cash – @Qldaah #auspol"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister Assisting the Minister for Women\u00a0wants to set targets to encourage more female parliamentarians\u00a0in the Liberal Party but does she have the right marketing formula?\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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No feminist<\/h6>\n

This week,\u00a0Nick Evershed<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Shalailah Medhora<\/a>\u00a0reported that in terms of women in Australian politics, the gender gap has widened<\/a>;\u00a0“From a high point of 30.8 percent in 2009, the proportion of women in Australian parliaments declined to 29 percent in 2013.”<\/p>\n

Back in 2014, Western Australia Senator\u00a0Michaelia Cash<\/a>, the person charged with advising Prime Minister Tony Abbott<\/a> on his additional ministerial portfolio of Minister for Women, declared to\u00a0the National Press Club that she was not a feminist; “In terms of feminism, I\u2019ve never been someone who really associates with that movement.”<\/a><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Cash rejected the Labor Party’s renewed policy of\u00a0setting quotas for female parliamentarians. Instead she called for a “target system”.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Liberal party does not believe in quotas, and never has. We could bring in a quota tomorrow of 50%, but what does it say to those women who have been brought in?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

So is\u00a0the non-feminist, target setting, minister assisting senator the right person to be\u00a0championing the Liberal Party’s message of adding more female politicians to its ranks?<\/p>\n

\"ABC<\/a>

ABC The Drum: Michaelia Cash says quotas aren’t the way to affect true cultural change.<\/p><\/div>\n

A look back Michaelia<\/h6>\n

Senator Cash is an animated feature\u00a0of the federal senate.<\/p>\n

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A very animated Michaelia Cash answers questions from The Greens on the WestConnex project in 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Senator Michaelia Cash’s “chalice of blood” speech attacking the Labor sisterhood in 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

Animated Michaelia Cash series<\/h6>\n

Senator Cash’s theatrical style of speaking lends itself well to satirical GIF and meme makers.<\/p>\n

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"Hairspray" starring Julia, Michaela & Bronwyn – #TonysMovieNight<\/a> #AusPol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MCumIMLmda<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kiera (@KieraGorden) May 23, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n