The Member for Boothby hit out at Opposition leader Anthony Albanese in a fiery speech in the House of Representatives for turning the treatment of women into “an ugly political fight”.“The need to change the culture of our parties, of this place, should be above politics,” Ms Flint said.She also accused Labor of hypocrisy over failing to support her when she was “chased, harassed and screamed at” by activists during the 2019 election. The South Australian Liberal MP, who last month announced she was quitting politics, also urged her Coalition colleagues in a party meeting on Tuesday to consider 10 tips for making parliament a more family-friendly and normal place to work. Getting rid of alcohol in parliament house, restricting parliament to normal work hours from 9am to 6pm, and reforming Question Time to make it “more civil” were among the tips, outlined in a column in The Australian.Ms Flint called on her colleagues to read the reforms, which also include giving MPs a normal lunch break, offering a genuine counselling service, and getting party leaders to tell MPs that “spreading rumours about the sex lives” of female MPs or staffers must end.Four other Coalition MPs backed Ms Flint’s remarks in the party room after she highlighted that it had been “a hard month for all, especially for women” in the wake of explosive sexual assault allegations. Ms Flint said people want to know how the government was addressing the issues.



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