Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I ask that General Business Notice of Motion No. 1274 standing in my name for today, relating to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into unpaid carers be taken as formal.

Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Is there any objection to that motion being taken as formal? There being none, I call Senator Hanson Young.

Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that unpaid caring work being undertaken by Australian individuals is leading to inequality over the life-cycle of women and the emergence of gender-based disparity in retirement incomes; and

(b) calls on the Government to:

(i) direct the Productivity Commission to conduct an inquiry into mechanisms for recognising and valuing unpaid care which might reduce the gender gap, including, but not limited to, options and models for superannuation and tax offsets, carer's leave, child care, aged pension supplements, and additional paid parental leave measures, and

(ii) specify That the inquiry examine the merits and feasibility of a system of 'carer credits' in the form of direct credits to the superannuation accounts of individuals with parent care responsibilities or carer responsibilities.

Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that that motion be agree to.