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state political reporter Leah MacLennan

Liberals look to boost female representation as Vickie Chapman backs new women's network

Former Liberal deputy premier Vickie Chapman has urged greater cultural diversity across South Australia's political spectrum. (ABC News: Haidarr Jones)

The leadership of both major parties will continue to be "male, pale and stale" if it does not do more to address a lack of cultural diversity, according to South Australia's former deputy premier, Vickie Chapman.

While the South Australian Liberal Party was looking for ways to increase the number of female MPs in the lower house from just two, Ms Chapman said looking at gender imbalances wasn't enough.

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