Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

Increasing female participation in the workforce is essential to boosting our productivity and achieving sustainable, inclusive growth. In achieving the 25 by 25 goal Australia will see up to 200,000 additional women participating in the labour force above current employment projections. We want to see an Australia that has taken full advantage of the skills and talent that Australian women have to offer our economy. We already have a number of policies either in place or proposed which will achieve this target, including improving access to affordable, flexible, accessible child care; instigating the largest review of the childcare system since the 1990s; and enhancements to existing paid parental leave, which will recognise PPL as a workplace entitlement and will include superannuation. The government has the fundamentals in place, and we will consider additional avenues to ensure that we meet this ambitious but credible aim.