Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

I have been very open in my remarks in relation to transparency within the workplace, but at the end of the day the workplace does not need any more red tape from government. That is not how you change culture. What you need to do is work with corporate Australia so they have a proper understanding of the steps that they need to take to ensure that they embrace the changes that are required so we do have ultimately gender equity within the workplace.

Senator Waters, a number of employers have put in place very good policies to address the gender pay gap. One great initiative I believe is, for example, 'de-gendering' resumes—you take the gender out of the resume and you only look at the skill set of the person. Look at Telstra, where all roles are flexible, and ANZ, which pays women an additional $500 in superannuation. I am not going to sit here and condemn corporate Australia. Can they do better? Yes, but they are certainly walking in the right direction. (Time expired)