Ms Megan Reilly:

On Senator O'Reilly's piece on the competition I mentioned, as Ms Gleeson said, I think mentorship is really important and individuals within parties understanding the role they can play in encouraging women to go forward. Training for group chairs was mentioned. That is something we would definitely be happy to do. It is really important that we engage with men in this conversation and that we engage with people as early as possible. That is why we have been trying to have the conversation with schools. I cannot stress the education piece enough, around having the conversation so that people understand the need for more women in politics. We are in the county with the lowest representation in local government, with one woman out of 19, and there is still a sense among some people of men being sidelined. There is going to be an issue when we get to the quotas, which we absolutely need to. Having conversations as much as possible is crucial.