This report was prepared by Nick Cater and Nicolle Flint for the Menzies Research Centre as a contribution to the renewed discussion of the gender imbalance in the Liberal Party. It draws on discussion at the MRC Gender and Politics forum in Melbourne on 26 June 2015. It will be presented to the federal Women’s Committee Conference in Adelaide on 15-16 August 2015, convened to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Committee.