"The Club provides excellent dining facilities, en-suite bedrooms and apartments, a fully equipped gym, and on Level 7 of the building in which the Clubhouse is located, are first rate business facilities which Members and resident guests may access.

"[1] At least 5 former Prime Ministers have been members of the club including recently, John Howard and Malcolm Turnbull.

The committees of each club take turns to host the other to a formal dinner on an annual basis.

Seventy-five percent of attending members needed to vote for the proposal in order for it to receive approval.

The proposal was defeated when only 38 percent voted in favour of allowing women to join, falling well short of the 75 per cent required.