Bishop opens up on gender targets, 'vicious' environment

Julia Banks, Ann Sudmalis and Julie Bishop sitting together in parliament

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Ms Bishop has addressed what she calls a "vicious" environment in parliamentary question time and the need for gender targets to achieve greater female representation.

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