Female Centre-Right Politicians Face ‘Disgusting Vitriol’ Online: Opposition Leader

Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton speaking during the Set the Standard Report motion at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Feb. 8, 2023. Martin Ollman/Getty Images

Female politicians of the centre-right face some of the most “disgusting vitriol online,” according to opposition leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton said that if Parliament hopes to attract more women candidates, then it needed to deal with the issue; otherwise, diversity of opinion simply would “not exist.”