The role of women in national decision-making has come up again, this time in an interview between 3AW's Neil Mitchell and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Mr Turnbull is wrong. There are now five women in cabinet, but when Kevin Rudd returned to lead the Labor government in 2013, he appointed a record six female cabinet members. Until Sussan Ley resigned in January 2017, Mr Turnbull was entitled to say he had the same number of women in cabinet as Mr Rudd, but he has never had more than any previous government. In percentage terms, women fared best under Mr Rudd's leadership, making up 30 per cent of the cabinet. Under Mr Turnbull, that ratio was initially 27 per cent and has now dropped to 24 per cent.
Fact check: Are there more women in federal cabinet now than ever before?
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