"Kirsty Duncan, the federal Science Minister and a former academic,"
This would be the same Kirsty Duncan who believes in a quack remedy for IIRC MS? If so she is a shining example of what happens when you select to meet a quota instead of by ability.

So let's not choose the very brightest to get our research chairs! No we'll choose by the colour of your skin, your genitals etc. Yes that's s sure way to advancing research LOL.

And since the government wants to allow a 3rd gender choice on passports why aren't they specifying that for these quotas? Wait - there is the solution - just ask the male applicants to self declare as female and we can have 100% of the appointments be women!
I hope some university has the spine to resist this stuff.