Simon Birmingham

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Election 2022: Reckoning begins for defeated Liberals (The Australian Financial Review)

The Liberal Party will need to elect more women and embrace diversity and inclusiveness, Senator Simon Birmingham has conceded after the Coalition's ...

“It is antediluvian for Liberals to talk like this. Sign up to our Election Brief newsletter. Just as when [John] Howard left [in 2007] the economy was in good shape. “Is it time to start preselecting more women? “I think it sends a message about what Australians believe when it comes to issues of respect, of inclusion, of diversity, and the message is Australians want people to respect their lives but they also want to have a strong and profound respect for the lives of others and the circumstances of others. “Every seat that the Liberal Party lost was lost to a female candidate, and so there is a real challenge there for us,” he said.

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Senior Liberals say party must address women problem and regain ... (The Guardian)

Liberal frontbencher Simon Birmingham said gender, diversity, and climate change were clearly factors in the party's defeat.

They want women ... to change the dynamic, to change the culture,” Pyne said. “We are going to have to face the facts about the current political scene. That is hugely damaging to the community and we need to listen to women and have policies that respond to their concerns.” “I think these are issues we will have to clearly address,” he said. Liberal frontbencher Simon Birmingham said gender, diversity and climate change were clearly factors in the election result and it is “absolutely” time to start preselecting more women. “Tonight we have had a very strong message from our heartland that we are not representing them.”

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