Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

women make up only 25 per cent of board appointments in Australia, and

(ii)

of that figure, only 10 per cent of the Australian Stock Exchange 200 companies have female directors, and only 8 per cent have female executives;

(b)

recognises that:

(i)

women in the workforce face many issues, including pay equity, the impact of unpaid work and family responsibilities on their careers and the disparity in retirement savings, and

(ii)

improving the levels of female leadership in corporate Australia will help to drive change in all of these areas; and

(c)

calls on cross-party support to take the lead and phase in meaningful quotas in boardrooms around Australia.