Labor's women outnumber men in caucus — but the next-leader talk is all blokes

For the first time, women hold most seats in Labor's federal caucus — 56.1% — and 52.2% of cabinet, per the Parliamentary Library. Yet every name floated as Albanese's successor is a man: Butler, Chalmers, Marles, Burke. Tanya Plibersek, about to become the longest-serving woman in the House, is nowhere in the conversation.