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@icyfroth wrote:

Surely you appoint staff on merit rather than gender?

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Why do you think only 1 in 20 women meet the "merit" standard?

Why do you think women deserve to be second rate, substandard, lacking in merit, good as adornments only?

who says I think that?

Wouldn't you rather have the necessarily qualified people in the role than gender tokens, be they male or female?

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@icyfroth wrote:

Surely you appoint staff on merit rather than gender?

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Men have been appointed solely because of gender for the last 200 years, nothing new.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Surely you appoint staff on merit rather than gender?

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Men have been appointed solely because of gender for the last 200 years, nothing new.

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 if the LNP selected people 'on merit' the proccess would exclude all of them. its a lame excuse considering S mirrabella would have a position if she was a clear winner. hard to see the merit in her..

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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 if the LNP selected people 'on merit' the proccess would exclude all of them.

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The voters selected the sitting party on merit and sent the others to roam the wilderness for a decade on their demerit, have you not noticed??

I would much prefer men in blue ties looking after the country's interests than people in red and green tutus prancing around without direction and disputing who should be the prime prancer 🙂

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@poddster wrote:

The voters selected the sitting party on merit and sent the others to roam the wilderness for a decade on their demerit, have you not noticed??

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no. they have one term at this point in time. the rest are hopes you hold.