Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Does the minister agree with the outgoing Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, who says that any move to pare back support when welcoming a new baby or to a woman's ability to come into paid work will 'just reinforce some of the gender gaps that currently exist for women'? Why is this government exacerbating the gender gap by cutting paid parental leave?