Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This goes a long way to explaining why the policies of the government leading up to and during the pandemic have failed to address the inequalities in women's workforce participation, because the truth actually hurts for those over there, doesn't it? Be careful what you say, because, oh, I might say that you've done something naughty! Well, seriously!

In the issue of the pay gap between men and women, the issue about the appointment of women to senior executive roles and the issue of superannuation balances of women, this government has actually made them worse. That's because women's policy is being dictated primarily by men who understand nothing about the drivers of gender inequality in Australia. And I am very proud to be a member of a party that has introduced important policies aimed at driving equality for women workers.

Labor introduced publicly funded paid parental leave. Labor legislated for equal remuneration orders and provided funding to implement the first equal remuneration order issued by the Fair Work Commission and Labor established the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and advocated in opposition to expand the reporting requirements to include reporting by individual companies on their gender— (Time expired)