Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator McAllister, I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 30 March 2017:

Gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women's economic equality, with particular reference to:

(a) the nature and extent of industrial and occupational gender segregation in Australian workplaces relative to comparable jurisdictions, including gender segregation in tertiary education courses;

(b) factors driving industrial and occupational gender segregation in the Australian context;

(c) economic consequences of gender segregation for women, including the contribution of industrial and occupational gender segregation to the gender pay gap;

(d) approaches to addressing gender segregation as it relates to economic inequality and the gender pay gap in comparable jurisdictions; and

(e) remedies appropriate for Australia, including but not limited to:

  (i) measures to encourage women's participation in male-dominated occupations and industries,

  (ii) measures to professionalise and improve conditions in female-dominated occupations and industries, and

  (iii) measures to promote pay equity.

Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

At the end of the motion, add:

  (iv) measures to value presently unpaid domestic labour; and

(f) economic consequences of the gendered division of unpaid labour.

These two paragraphs seek to slightly expand the scope of the inquiry. Hopefully, the whips have now all seen and considered these amendments.

Stephen Parry (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the amendment moved by Senator Waters to Business of the Senate motion No. 3 be agreed to.