Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Those opposite might want to hide their campaign review, but I won't hide the important anniversary that it is today. Exactly one year ago today, the Liberals launched their attack on working from home. People in my community could not believe it. Dutton, Senator Hume and the now Leader of the Opposition attacked it. It was like they had not lived through the pandemic. Australia had modernised. We had modernised the way that we work. They didn't know what families wanted. They didn't know what women wanted. I remember doorknocking in Langford and speaking to a woman with an amazing 15-year career. The way that she felt was that Peter Dutton had reached into her lounge room and told her that she could not be both a professional and a fabulous mother. Absolutely outrageous!

Meanwhile, what is it that the Labor Party does? We protect workers' rights—the right to disconnect. We delivered same job, same pay, and we are decreasing the gender pay equity gap. Australians deserve a government that respects and protects their rights, not what is happening with those opposite, and that is exactly what the Albanese Labor government is delivering.

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