Joe Hockey - completely out of touch with womens issues

[i-need-a-martini]

Of course it doesn't surprise me given who his boss is...

So yesterday he is invited to speak at The Executive Women Australia symposium about leadership, career advancement and board member opportunities. These women are some of the top female executives in the country. 

A friend of mine was there. She's a senior exec with CommBank and earns over $350k a year plus bonuses. She wanted to know (like everyone else there) how the Liberal Party were planning to address the unbalance experienced by professional women like her.

Instead of policies he talks about what a great asset women are in business, particularly in small businesses. And at length goes on about how his housewife mother went back to work to answer the phones at his fathers business to help him through a financial bad patch. He talks about how thrifty his grandmother was and how she struck it lucky by buying into some shares to help boost the family income.

He didn't answer a single question about policy. Only suggested that women get a good (male) mentor to help them in their careers (ignoring the fact that most of these women ARE already mentors for often junior male executives). He also said that when they were in government, they would "talk to men in senior positions to encourage them to give women better opportunities". And that women should ask corporate males "Why?" or "How would you feel if it was your daughter that was passed up for this opportunity?"

My friend walked out fuming. And she was still fuming this morning when we had a quick chat about it.

Why do I have the feeling the status of women is going to reel back 2 decades if the Liberals get in...?

[cherples]

CL: "MM brags about his neutrality whilst highlighting his prejudice and bias."

OK CL, there are 2 years of records you can access here, so produce  a post/comment of mine wherein I "brag" about my neutrality.

Vague memories of past election rhetoric

Nope, don't save rubbish chat board conversations and don't search boards for them either.

[wareubin]

It appears the lib hardliners here are akin to Lib politicians... lacking in original thought or policy and just posting other people's irrelevant graphs and polls. Ho-hum.

I wonder if the hockey speech will make mainstream media. I hope so, its about time they were held accountable for their backward social standards.

hockey autocorrected to Orkney lol

its about time they were held accountable for their backward social standards.

Maybe we could discuss Prime Minister Gillards stance on gay marriage or maybe her uranium export policy.

[cueperkins]

 I doubt whether they actually will outline any policies,Cue. The sad truth is the electorate is so gullible at the moment  they will probably get in without having to do so - and we shall then be stuck with a government that can't be held accountable for anything it does because it never made any commitments.

Whatever happened to the revolution She?

1974 - RIP Shirl...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hezmw2AE5Kk

Those were the days eh?  Even without social media...we were MUCH  LOUDER as generations go.....Talking 'bout my generation.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594WLzzb3JI

[fiestas*girl]

Everything about the LNP will take us back 25 years...EVERYTHING

stepford 50;s

dial up speed internet

disabled in homes to be forgotten

and woe betide anyone who does not live in a urban or regional area...your chances of getting quick medical treatment will be ZERO

[cueperkins]

Yep...can't imagine this bloke running the country....into the ground.....soon there will be no farm left to buy back....

[rosieglen]

cringeworthy

[newstart2380]

Was just thinking the same thing.

It will take them 3 years to formulate some policies. By then everyone will have realised they voted in a government that had nothing to offer the country.

just like the present labor government ? Of course it will take at least 10 years and maybe longer to fix the problems created. And how would u or anyone know how long it would take to formulate policies unless of course they follow the present gov lead and muck around.

Honestly I have little faith in all politicians at present, I think JG will lose government more so than TA winning, I am very disillusioned with them all.

[i-need-a-martini]

And how would u or anyone know how long it would take to formulate policies unless of course they follow the present gov lead and muck around.

Short memory newsstart?

The Labor Government was voted in with crystal clear policies on education, the environment, defence, indigenous relations etc.

They formulated those policies while in opposition. They campaigned on the basis of those policies. Nearly all of those policies were implemented in the May budget 4 months after they took office. I hardly call that mucking around.

Compare that the the Liberal opposition. No policies. None at all.

[crystal**flake]

I like Hockey.

[i-need-a-martini]

Why?