The Australian Club
Megan Herbert
‘It’s a strange world where the governor, the premier, numerous members of professions, senior public servants, judges, members of the [armed forces and teaching professions] can’t be members … because they are women’, said a member of one of Australia’s most elite clubs after a ballot to allow women to join was defeated. The current membership includes three former prime ministers.
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