WHO WILL BE AUSTRALIA'S NEXT FEMALE PM?
PENNY WONG
CURRENT ROLE: Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs.
POLITICAL PROWESS: Fierce, forthright and rational, Wong has all the makings of a fine PM. Said one member of our panel, “In terms of policy acumen and intellect, Penny Wong wipes the floor with pretty much every single male politician on either side of politics. She never makes it about herself – she just gets [it] done.”
HIGHLIGHT RE EL: Her speeches on the same-sex marriage bill were moving yet blistering, and she’s the queen of a quick comeback. “You’re not my type, either, mate,” she famously retorted to serial “man-terrupter” Senator Ian Macdonald in 2017.
We’re struggling to find a reason why not. As one panellist expressed: “Australia could send Penny Wong out onto the world stage and be confident she’d do the nation proud. It would be nice to see a non-Anglo woman who happens to be in a same-sex relationship in that position as it would say good things about
