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

I welcome the fact that we're discussing this again. I think it's endorsing the approach that publishing this data is generating the conversations that will drive the change. We have not used the data from WGEA, nor were businesses who engaged with this willingly told that this data would then be used to stop something else. This is about reporting the current situation as it is and encouraging change. Part of those changes, which this parliament supported, was that reports need to be provided to the board, for example, so that the board is aware of what's happening in the business's operations. On the issue of procurement more generally, as I said in my first answer, I am working with finance on this issue, through the Buy Australian plan and other work that we're doing to make sure that government, as a purchaser, is leading the way in delivering good, strong social and ethical outcomes.