Senate debates

Thursday, 20 August 2026

Questions without Notice

Employment

2:58 pm

Photo of Murray WattMurray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) | Hansard source

We're expanding paid parental leave and we're paying paid superannuation on paid parental leave in addition to those wage rises for the carers and aged-care sectors.

Of course, not everyone supports women's workplace rights. We've previously seen Senator Cash claim that family and domestic violence leave would be a perverse disincentive to women's employment. We've seen Senator Canavan describe the gender pay gap as 'complete nonsense' and Senator Hanson call the gender pay gap 'smoke and mirrors'. That is the danger that Australians face under a Liberal-Nationals-One Nation coalition. (Time expired)

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