Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Stewart for her question. We are fortunate on this side to have so many women gracing the Labor ranks and in this chamber. We are also fortunate to have the Minister for Women and the Minister for Finance, Senator Katy Gallagher, who has made clear the importance of ensuring women's economic security. That is what our government has been doing—working to ensure women have economic security through both our policies and our investments.

Our tax cuts will provide greater relief to low- and middle-income taxpayers, who are disproportionally women. From 1 July, women will receive—

The senator opposite might like to know that the women who perhaps voted for her will receive bigger tax cuts under the tax cuts we proposed. Women will receive an average tax cut of $1,649, nearly $400 more than they would have received under those opposite. Treasury modelling suggests Labor's tax cuts will also boost participation, which is an important thing for women across this country and the economy.

Opposition senators interjecting—

They don't like that either. We are investing $4.7 billion to make child care cheaper and more accessible—