Deputy leader of the opposition and federal member for Curtin Julie Bishop on Spill the Beans Catch up on the latest edition of Spill the Beans, this week featuring Julie Bishop. Yasmine Phillips talks to deputy leader of the opposition and federal member for Curtin, Julie Bishop, for Spill the Beans. Condoleezza Rice. Madeleine Albright.And now Julie Bishop. If the Liberals claim victory on Saturday, Ms Bishop will be Australia's answer to the pioneering former US secretaries of state as the country's first woman foreign affairs minister. And, her first job would be chairing the UN Security Council to map out Australia's response to the suspected chemical massacre that killed hundreds of Syrians. Who should we interview next? Tweet us #spillthebeans "Australia takes over the chairmanship (of the UN Security Council) for the month of September so (Syria) is likely, sadly, to be a priority," she told The Sunday Times. I have always wanted to be involved in foreign affairs on a national level. I went into Federal Parliament in the hope that I would be able to contribute to the national debates on international issues. "There are three women that I see as role models in this field Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton," she said. So if I were able to be Australia's first female foreign minister, I would be very proud. As WA's most senior federal Liberal, Ms Bishop said she was not taking any of the 12 WA seats the party held for granted, but she was hopeful it could also gain ground in the remaining three Labor seats. Deputy leader of the opposition and federal member for Curtin, Julie Bishop, for Spill the Beans. "We're getting a good response in Brand, Perth and Fremantle, but we're hopeful to retain those that we already hold," she said. And it would be very exciting if we were able to pick up more. The deputy leader of the Federal Opposition also defended claims Tony Abbott was out of touch with women after he commented on Liberal candidate Fiona Scott's "sex appeal." "What have we come to when somebody can't pay a close friend a compliment without it being deemed a gaffe?" she said. It was clearly a light-hearted compliment and the overreaction, again by Kevin Rudd who said it was an example of sexism in the workplace, again is utterly ridiculous. In fact, I've noticed since then that so many people introduce candidates and say: 'And this one has sex appeal', so it's becoming a very light-hearted joke in the campaign. (Mr Abbott) has three sisters, he has three daughters in their 20s, he has a very strong wife who runs a small business. I have worked with him for 15 years and I've been his deputy for the last four years. Tony Abbott gets women. Ms Bishop was the final guest for The Sunday Times and PerthNow election series Spill the Beans, in which colourful characters are interviewed on a beanbag during the election campaign. Beanbag supplied courtesy of Qoosh.com.au