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

Across Australia over 60 organisations will receive support under the Women's Leadership and Development Program to deliver projects that improve women's leadership and development across five key areas: job creation, economic security, workforce participation, leadership and safety. The program funds projects including Women Building Australia, run by Master Builders Australia to support more women into building and construction. Then there's Tiddas in Business, in Mango Hill, in the Moreton Bay region, which supports Aboriginal women in urban, regional and remote locations in starting their own businesses. And there's the Tasmanian based Brave Foundation, which builds support and acceptance around expecting and parenting teens as they seek employment.

I reviewed the electorates across Australia in which the WLDP program is supporting organisations like those I've already mentioned. It doesn't matter whether it's Bendigo or Durack, whether it is Grey or Lingiari, right across Australia we're supporting women's— (Time expired)