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

Thank you, Senator White. I hope you can hear this answer to your question. In our first budget, less than six months after the election, we initiated structural changes that will continue on, hopefully, for generations to improve the lives of all Australian women. Our approach is not a sugar hit for women. It is going to change the landscape for women in this country. It builds on the investments we made in October, which will shift the dial on gender equality. This means investing in women's experiences across the board—for example, our investments in cheaper child care and paid parental leave.

We've invested in making the workplace relations system work better for women, including by putting gender equality at the heart of the Fair Work Commission's decision-making and by implementing the Respect@Work recommendations so that women are safer at work. We are investing in women's safety, including by introducing paid domestic and family violence leave and through consent and respectful relationships education.