Women In Politics

On Thursday, 31 January our panel of speakers thrashed out the issues surrounding women in politics. Are setting affirmative-action quotas the answer to boosting female representation? Or is a merit-based system of choosing candidates a better option? Are claims of a bullying culture inside the Liberal Party true? Is Labor playing the gender card and identity politics? Who’s had better policies on improving the lives of women? Labor or the Coalition? Ticky Fullerton (moderator), formerly with the ABC and Sky News, anchors Ticky, weeknights on Your Money. Karina Okotel is a senior civil lawyer at Victoria Legal Aid and a federal vice president of the Liberal Party. Eugenie Joseph is a senior policy analyst at The Centre for Independent Studies. Kristina Keneally, a former NSW premier, is a Labor senator for NSW. Follow the CIS on Twitter @CISOZ or find us on Facebook 'The Centre for Independent Studies' for more updates. cis.org.au