article_snippet: The oldest and most prestigious membership club in Brisbane boasts that those who wish to sign up will enjoy unlimited possibilities, luxury services and the opportunity to join 'an influential network of like-minded members'.
article_snippet: But if you aren't a man, you need to be a relative or friend of a member to be privileged enough to walk through the door and relish in these perks.
article_snippet: Parliamentary Speaker Fiona Simpson, who is the keynote speaker at the luncheon, did not seem bothered by the event being held at a club where women aren't allowed to join. '
article_snippet: I'm less troubled by openly 'male only' clubs or openly 'women only' gyms than I am by areas of society that have a veneer of equality but which hide structural impediments or unconscious bias that block women from opportunities,' she said told the Brisbane Times.
article_snippet: Parliamentary Speaker Fiona Simpson, who is the keynote speaker at the luncheonthe luncheon, is not fussed by the venue choice .