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

I do acknowledge the question from Senator Waters on women's health and on the fact that there are barriers affecting women and their access to health care and, indeed, when they are accessing health care, the way that those conditions are responded to. There is a lot of evidence around bias in addressing women's health matters, so I acknowledge that and the senator's longstanding interest in these matters. I would say again that, under the leadership of Minister Kearney, there has been a women's health advisory group brought together, who are putting forward a women's health plan. All of the matters that you've raised in your questions would be forming part of the discussions that have been held under that. Part of my job in ensuring that we are leading in terms of gender equality across the board also includes health, and I know that that has featured in some of the work that the Women's Economic Equality Taskforce have been looking at as well. There is a lot of work happening across government— (Time expired)