Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

aged between the ages of 25 and 54, it would be terrific for the economy, because if we could get to workforce participation levels that are the equivalent of Canada, our economy would be between $25 billion and $40 billion larger—simply if we had the same number of women aged 25 to 54 in the workforce participating as that of Canada. In fact, New Zealand has a higher workforce participation rate. So we need to increase workforce participation. And the Paid Parental Leave scheme, together with further investment in child care, is going to help deliver the—

Ms Kate Ellis interjecting —

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