Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Franklin for her question. I know that, with her long and strong history in defending the rights of working men and women, she knows what an important issue this is. Australians are rightly proud of the progress that we have made over many years in achieving greater equality between men and women. But, while Australians have changed their attitudes and their behaviours over time, it is a little disappointing to see that the opposition in many respects have not. Yesterday we heard from the member for O’Connor, who said that women want to work part time on the weekends so dad can be home to look after the kids.

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