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

Thank you, Senator White, for the question. Unlike the previous government, women are not an add-on in this budget; they are at its core, and decisions that the government make, when we make them, are informed by gender analysis about how those decisions affect women. We're putting gender equality at the heart of decision-making by reintroducing gender-responsive budgeting after it had previously been abolished by the coalition government. It was something that we tried to keep up in opposition, and I pay credit to our colleagues Tanya Plibersek, Sharon Claydon and the status of women committee, who worked tirelessly in opposition with no resourcing and very little time to do the assessment that's now being led by the Public Service. It was important because it sent a message that we take gender-responsive budgeting seriously, and you see that reflected in the Women' Budget Statement released on Tuesday night.