Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I do thank Senator Reynolds for that question. As a number of those opposite will know, and may actually consider to be meritorious, the Department of Human Services is really a leader when it comes to promoting diversity in the workplace, particularly across the Australian Public Service. Speaking in relation to disability, for example, over 4½ per cent of our employees self-identify as having one or more disabilities. Over four per cent self-identify as Indigenous; over 45 per cent—and I am not sure whether or not this number includes me—are mature age workers 45 years old or over; and 25 per cent self-identify as being from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. We reflect the community that we serve.