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

Thank you; I can. This was a very serious part of the summit. It was kicked off by an all-women panel on equal opportunity and pay, in a room where women made up the majority of participants. At the 1983 economic summit there was only one woman in the room, Labor Senator Susan Ryan.

We know that women's equality is good economic policy, something that was recognised unanimously at the Jobs and Skills Summit. We also talked about our $5 billion commitment to make childcare cheaper for more Australian parents and allow more women to work more hours if they wished. We announced the Chair of the Women's Economic Equality Task, Sam Mostyn, to maintain momentum on the ideas raised at the summit and advise the government on the national gender equality strategy. Also, as Minister for the Public Service, I committed to expect that the APS should take a leadership position on gender equality, including through reporting to WGEA, setting targets to address gender equality and gathering data. (Time expired)