'Classic glass cliff': women leaders mark Liberal first

The Liberals are turning to women leaders to help them find a path out of the political wilderness. (Liam Mendes/AAP PHOTOS)

For the first time, a majority of Australia's Liberal leaders at federal, state and territory level, are women.

That could be the party distancing itself from Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton, its last two federal leaders, who were loathed by women.