Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I will, and I can tell you, from being at that summit for two days, how many people who attended the summit came up to me and said how refreshing it was to have a government who is prepared to sit down with them for two days and talk to them about all the issues affecting them. It was a broad range of people right across the community. They wanted a better skilled and better trained workforce; addressing skills shortages and strengthening the migration system; boosting job security and wages; promoting equal opportunities and reducing barriers to employment; and maximising jobs and opportunities in our industry and our community. This is what the summit determined to be the priorities, as was making gender equality a core economic priority. There were significant agreements reached. It is shame that those opposite couldn't be bothered coming.