"My thought was 'hello, it's the 21st century and the Australian cabinet has one woman'. I would say something and there would be silence, then they'd move on. And then somebody else would say precisely what I'd said, precisely what I'd said, and the guys would go 'good one, yep, we'll have one of those, terrific idea' and I'd think, 'did they not hear me?' I labelled it gender deafness." - Former foreign minister Julie Bishop on life as the only woman in Tony Abbott's cabinet.
"Umcabango wami ugxile ekutheni 'ngisho noma sekuyisikhathi sekhulunyaka ka-21 kodwa ikhabhinethi lase-Australia linowesifazane oyedwa'. Uma kukhona engikushoyo, kuzothuleka bese kuqhutshekwa. Bese kuba khona omunye osho ngqo engikushilo, ngisho impela lokho ebengikushilo, qede abantu besilisa bephawula ngokuthi 'yebo kuwumqondo omuhle, sizokuthatha, umbono oncomekayo' mina-ke ngizobe sengizibuza ukuthi, ' ingabe abangizwanga yini ngesikhathi ngikhuluma lokho ekuqaleni? ' Lokhu ngikubiza ngokungafuni ukulalela okushiwo ngabantu besifazane.” - Owayengungqongqoshe wezangaphandle uJulie Bishop empilweni ngesikhathi bekunguye kuphela umuntu wesifazane kukhabhinethi likaTony Abbott.