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

Thank you, Senator McKim. I was wondering how you were going to bring those two narratives together towards the end—on the one hand trying to support the SDA but, on the other hand, having difficulty in doing that. I congratulate the SDA. We worked closely with them on paying super on PPL. Their union did a lot of work on that and provided advice to government about the benefits that would come for their largely female membership, should we make that change. I commend the SDA for the work that they've done in strengthening superannuation. We continue to work with all stakeholders, including unions, who are actually responsible for the formation of superannuation in the first place and have been active participants in all debates about it since. We will continue to engage with the SDA. They have been very supportive, as have all unions, on payday super, so I look forward to actually passing the legislation and what it's actually about, which is making sure people get their super when it's due and that they benefit from that over the longer term.