Madonna Jarrett (Brisbane, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

In honour of International Women's Day this Sunday, I say to all women across the country and in Brisbane: this government's delivering for you. Let's start with health—660,000 women have accessed more than two million cheaper scripts since our historic women's health package was announced. Contraceptives Yaz, Yasmin and Slinda, are now capped at $25, or $7.70 if you're on concession. There are now more affordable IUD and birth control implants, and we've opened new endo and pelvic pain clinics across the country.

In the workplace, we've seen real gains in reducing the gender pay gap. We've delivered pay rises for women in early childhood education, aged care and other care sectors, we've expanded paid parental leave to six months and legislated superannuation on top of that to help close the gender retirement gap, and we have cheaper child care for over one million families and a three-day guarantee.

Let's talk housing. We are helping more women buy a home with our five per cent deposit scheme, and we're investing in crisis accommodation for women and children fleeing domestic violence. Women make up 50 per cent of the population, and those opposite haven't put forward a single meaningful policy to improve the lives of women around Australia. Just when you thought they were in a position to be better, they dumped their first female leader. We have more work to do, but I'm proud to be part of a Labor government that's delivering for women. (Time expired)

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