Top-down poor leadership

Paul Bongiorno is eloquent about Scott Morrison’s multifaceted failures of leadership, including his ongoing, appalling dismissal of women (“The secret life of Scott Morrison”, September 11-17). Does the PM really not get it or is he simply, as with the many issues the piece identifies, shirking responsibility? He sets the tone for change through legislation and action in all areas, including gender parity. Yet we see how women are passed over for winnable lower house seats. We see the paucity of legislation that would bring men to account. We see the withdrawal of funding for women’s critical services, including childcare. We see the pitiful wages in female-dominated sectors and the widening gender pay gap. We see the perpetuation of all-male exclusive clubs whose membership enjoys patronage at the highest levels. Such “leadership” gives Australia permission to perpetuate stereotypes. His government has not earned the right to another term. Alison Stewart, Riverview, NSW