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

This government does believe that driving gender equality is good for the economy. We are focused on that. You'll see that in the decisions we took on tax and you'll also see that, by the changes we made to the tax system, that we believe the Treasury advice, which says it will boost 630 thousand additional hours per week worked by women because they will be keeping more of what they earn.

We do believe information being provided about what's happening in businesses is good. We reject Senator Canavan's claim that this data is useless. I think Senator Hughes called it 'identity politics' and Senator Hume said it was 'flawed', but otherwise the information apparently is okay. This is data that has been collected for 10 years. It's important data about driving change in workplaces to make sure that women get a fair crack at opportunity in this country.