Senate debates

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

Questions without Notice

Women's Health, Safety and Security

2:45 pm

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

I thank Senator Hanson for the question and for acknowledging the work that the Albanese Labor government has been doing in all of the areas that she's outlined: in women's health, in women's safety, in access to skills and training and in economic independence. That is the approach that we've been bringing to it.

In relation to the questions that Senator Hanson has raised, our job here is to make sure that, in health, in women's safety, in economic security, in good pay for jobs, in being able to work extra hours and in investing in early childhood education and care, those policies support everybody and support the whole economy. Gender inequality has been a feature of our country and a feature of our economy for too long. It's not about one person getting a set of rights above another person; it's about addressing areas of inequality and driving broader equality across the economy so that everyone benefits, and that is what we've seen from—

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