Foxy,
I agree with Big Nana, these women want equality but now want special treatment. If they can't stand the heat they should get out of the kitchen.

You said, "For heavens sake- a young talented person- has resigned because of this"

How do you know she is talented? Maybe she is simply not up to the job and/or has made up the bullying thing for backing the losing candidate. JH spoke about 'Ticker'.

I have not yet seen male members complain about any bullying.

I see the PM has said the party will deal with it internally and that is the right place to air any problems. It is Lib party business.

Banjo,

It is Liberal Party business - and I agree that hopefully it
will be handled and not brushed aside by the party. But,
somehow I doubt if the Opposition will leave it at that.

How do I know if she's talented? Simply from her CV - and
what her colleagues and others have said about her. She also
won a seat that I believe was a safe Labor seat - so the
voters must have also thought she was a capable and talented
person to have voted for her.

By now most if not all of us will have heard the National party did not hand down a ruling in the case they investigated about Barnaby Joyce, and the woman complainant is not happy,yes o sung wo women can and often are the aggressor, personal experience has shown me that, deliberate abuses of husband and kids in care just to horrible to see, then blame the man, but this is about a truth, the current government has yet to confront its lack of women, its current charges both men and women have been bullied and next weeks sitting will be interesting

Banjo,

A few links on the subject that may help clarify things
for you.

Telling women to "toughen up" (as Alan Jones did) according
to Julie Bishop is not the answer. She says - it should be -
"Enough is Enough!"

http://theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/06/julie-bishop-appalling-behaviour-politics-enough-is-enough

And - here's Julia Banks - impressive background:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Banks

enough is enough. I feel another virtue signalling hashtag coming on.

Hi Belly,

It looks like a National Party white wash in the Joyce investigation. The old boys club of Nationals investigating on of their own, how pathetic is that. The bloke has form and there is a suspicion that no adverse finding was ever going to be made. The Nationals are trying to bury the whole fiasco.

"While dismayed at the finding, I am not surprised as the party never had the external processes in place to deal with a complaint of sexual harassment by a Member of Parliament," said Catherine Marriott.

In a brief statement, the New South Wales Nationals confirmed the complaint had been finalised, and that the report will be kept confidential. Not good enough.