Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The government is investing in a range of projects that foster women's leadership. They include Sport Australia's Women Leaders in Sport program and the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia's Academy for Enterprising Girls, which I had the opportunity to meet last year. They're an absolutely fabulous group, and that's encouraging the next generation of women leaders in STEM and in business.

I also want to acknowledge the work of organisations such as the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Commonwealth Bank, for example, who together are using the Board Level podcast to promote advice from Australia's leading female directors. Thanks also to groups like the Male Champions of Change for their leadership, with 62.4 per cent of members improving gender balance in management positions in their organisations. I want to applaud the efforts of so many Australian organisations that are improving gender balance in public roles and actively encourage those who still have more to do to take up the opportunity, to take up the challenge and to deliver.