‘Women left behind again’: Nationals’ choice of federal director angers female candidates

Nationals leader David Littleproud speaks to president Kay Hull. He says the selection of Lincoln Folo as the new federal director was ‘a meritorious process’. Photograph: Jane Dempster/AAP

The Nationals have appointed the former state director of the LNP in Queensland, Lincoln Folo, as the party’s new federal director in a move that has angered female candidates who had been pitching for cultural change within the party.

Guardian Australia understands that four male candidates were interviewed for the role but the three female candidates did not advance to the interview stage.