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Kat Wong and Jack Gramenz

So assertive: Liberal women rebuke party elder for jibe

An advocate for Liberal women says out-of-touch men continue tarnishing the party's reputation. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

The Liberal Party has been warned not to allow "out-of-touch" men to dictate its future as its treatment of women returns to the spotlight.

Former federal Liberal president Alan Stockdale set off a political powder keg when he told a gathering of female executives Liberal women had become "so assertive" the party might need to consider support for men.

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