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

Thank you, Senator O'Neill, I am aware of an alternative position. We've heard—it has Senator Bragg's hands all over it, doesn't it? It has his hands all over it. It's no real surprise that after a failure to do anything on PPL or to strengthen super or to put super on paid parental leave that the opposition has announced that they don't think it's that important. Why not? That's right—choice. We always hear that. It's always about choice.

This is about ensuring that women don't retire with 25 per cent less than men at the same age. This is about ensuring that we are sending a message that, when you are caring for children, you deserve to have superannuation paid on that leave. Every answer from those opposite is about raiding your super. COVID? Raid your super. Housing? Raid your super. Now, with PPL, it's raid your super.