THREAD: BREAKING: Tonight members of @VictorianBar decided times they are a’ changin’... back. They voted out female President, Wendy Harris QC & also ousted Council member Kathleen Foley, who bravely spoke out @4corners against what she described as sexism by AG Christian Porter
2. Kathleen has been a campaigner at the Bar for gender equality & spoke out against the culture of sexism in the law more generally after the High Court investigation findings about Fmr Justice Dyson Heydon. The new @VictorianBar regime is headed by a man, Paul Holdensen QC.
3. Holdenson is one of seven blokes on the winning ticket who refused to answer a questionnaire sent out by another woman barrister asking whether they belonged to a male-only establishment clubs, The Melbourne Club and The Savage Club.
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