The top is perfectly decent (by Australian standards).
But I think the trouble is, the rule is there needs to be some kind of jacket.
I had not realised that till i read the article. It said several men had been asked to leave at various times too if they rushed in with just a shirt & tie, no jacket.
Now, to me a shirt & tie & good trousers is perfectly acceptable too.
But the thing with rules is, if you have them then you logically need to enforce them, otherwise everyone will just ignore them more & more & when you do eventually pull up someone for it, that person will say "But so and so did it and they didn't get into trouble!"
So if you have a rule, you need to enforce it & need to enforce it on everyone, without fear or favour, unless there are extenuating circumstances (such as broken down air con, as they mentioned).
I think there definitelty do need to be guidelines on dress in Parliament House. The more serious a job is, usually the more stringent the dress code will be.
So while the current rules are in place.. she should have worn a jacket.
