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

I thank Senator Hanson for the question, and she would note that the first national strategy on gender equality does include and mention specifically areas where men and boys face particular disadvantage. That is the whole purpose of gender equality. It is not promoting women over men or men over women. It's saying that we all benefit when both genders have access to equal opportunities. That is the whole nature of having a strategy on gender equality. I can tell you that the assessment, particularly around health, and particularly around mental health and access to health services, is looked at through what services are targeted at and best designed to support men. It's about how we reach men, particularly in relation to health services, because we know that men are more reluctant than women to reach out and access health services.