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No, a backlash to the Four Corners sexism special didn’t sway the Victorian Bar elections
A medium-sized but pious and shrill twitterstorm erupted shortly after the Victorian Bar published the results of its Council election last week. The scorn was directed at the fact that several women were ousted by the “Vote for Change” ticket, which picked up 16 of the 21 seats. The two most high-profile women to lose their spots were erstwhile president Wendy Harris QC, along with Kathleen Foley.
The vote commenced in late October and concluded on Tuesday, 10 November, a day after a Four Corners episode aired in which Foley offered a full and frank character assessment of Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter.
The ABC program was broadcast the best part of 13 days after the voting began, but that didn’t stop a…
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