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

Thank you, Senator Hanson. In terms of issues that have been raised with me, I'm not sure if that organisation you have spoken to has raised them with me. I don't recall that they have. We don't have any plans to change the Sex Discrimination Act. We believe in equality for all. We believe in respect and treating people respectfully, whatever their gender identity may be. That is something that I think those opposite used to support as well, although I'm not sure that they have continued with that position. That's the approach that I bring to women's policy. I'm about driving gender equality. I want every individual across this country to be treated equally regardless of the way that they identify. That is what I want, and that is what this government is focused on, whether it be in health, in education, in women's safety or in fighting against domestic and family violence. All of those areas are the focus, and that's how it will remain.