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

There are challenges that remain, certainly challenges in the approach that happens with non-base remuneration—those performance bonuses or other arrangements outside of pay. Base pay remains a challenge. We also know that flexible work is a key issue for women, and, where that is not addressed, when workplaces genuinely don't genuinely support flexibility, including access to flexible work—I should point out today is the one-year anniversary of the Liberals announcing their scrapping of working from home. It's been 12 months since that big policy announcement that went down like a lead balloon. Why did it go down like a lead balloon? Because women, who are already juggling everything else, were told by the Liberal Party that they were a bludger—if you're not in the office, you're a bludger. That's what they heard. That's what they don't get about women's policy—we need flexibility when it comes to work. (Time expired)