It has been an embarrassing past few weeks for the Turnbull Government when it comes to dealing with issue of gender equality.
It began with Liberal MP Luke Howarth, in his anger-fuelled on-air expletive, when asked about a question put to the Prime Minister about women’s representation in the Liberal National party. On the same day, this attitude was reflected by Liberal MP Craig Kelly, describing the changes to allow breastfeeding in parliament as ‘over the top’.