Ellie Whiteaker (WA, Australian Labor Party) | Hansard source

Thank you. Here is yet another attempt at distraction, because it's clear they don't want Australians to know the truth about their record. On women, Senator Cash and the Liberals have voted almost always against closing the gender pay gap, voted consistently against paid parental leave, voted consistently against increasing workplace protections for women, voted consistently against federal government support for child care. Of course, no-one has forgotten that they just recently toppled their first female leader, and I think we can all see how well that has gone for them in the months that have followed. If the Liberals are so concerned about the women of Australia, then I ask them to come in here and prove it, because I have seen no proof in my time in this place that the coalition have any commitment to standing up for the women of Australia. They have shown time and time again that they aren't—