Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing) Share this | Hansard source

Yesterday, the ABS released data showing that, since March, women lost payroll jobs at 1.3 times the rate of men. Modelling from the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre found that the majority of the casuals excluded from JobKeeper are women, including more than 200,000 women in retail and fast food alone. Why did the government design a scheme that leaves women behind during Australia's first recession in 29 years?