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

I thank Senator Darmanin for the question. We do have one of the highest gender segregated labour markets of the OECD. To us on this side of the chamber that's not good enough. We want to make sure that every girl and every boy in Australia gets to do what they want to do, that there are no barriers to them doing training and work experience for the job that they've always dreamed of doing, and at the moment that's not the case.

We have a highly segregated labour market, and we want to change that. We want more women going into the traditionally male jobs and we want more men going into the jobs that have been traditionally held by women. Now, as we're dealing with some of those care economic wage issues, we are seeing more men go into aged care for the first time, and that is welcome. We on this side of the chamber will always pursue equality. We don't want to see a labour market where anyone is held back with particularly women denied those opportunities.