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

Thank you, Senator Payman. As we know, we have reintroduced the comprehensive Women's Budget Statement to show in detail all of the policy decisions as they relate to women. But it also gives those who are interested in women's policy all of the matters in the budget in one place. The Women's Budget Statement certainly provides a lot of detail about women's safety—the work that's underway and the investments that are made. But it also goes through the paid and unpaid economy, so it looks at how we can pay for prac placements for nurses, teachers and social work students, and it looks at extra investment for aged-care workers and for our early childhood education and care workers, who are looking to their decision from the Fair Work Commission relatively soon. We've made some changes to the carers payment. We're making some investments for young parents and dads to build up parenting skills. So this is a very comprehensive analysis of what's in the budget. We take women's policy seriously under this government.