Gillard Hasn't a cat in hell's chance - NZ Herald Opinion
"Deep in the bowels of this august club lies a treasure trove of sporting facilities sufficient to shame a five-star hotel.
I casually picked up a 5-iron and smashed a few golf balls off into the Melbourne night, the netting catching my finest efforts. I smashed a metal wood at a ball and saw it soar high into the roof of the driving range.
That was enough, I got bored. So I investigated the steam room, tested the water temperature of the indoor swimming pool, peered inside the gymnasium, checked out the squash court and then retired to the grill room. Alone.
Because, you see, women are banned from every one of those facilities at this Melbourne club. See Gillard's problem? If she wants to drink a glass of wine in the library, don her cossie for a dip in the arvo or just sink a tinnie (beer), she has no chance in this institution."
Women are allowed to visit the general restaurant, or have a drink with a (presumably male) partner in the bar. But woe betide any skirt trying to gain illicit access to those other parts of the club.
A very interesting opinion piece in the Herald which I agree somewhat but not completely.
