Australia should be leading the world in equality between women and men.
A Labor Government will take action to get us there by:
- Delivering cheaper child care for working families – helping parents balance family and work responsibilities.
- Closing the gender gap at work with a national drive to close the gender pay gap, easier pay increases for low and middle income women workers, and a Secure Australian Jobs Plan to support women in insecure work.
- Providing the national leadership and investment needed to end family, domestic and sexual violence, starting with:
- 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave.
- Safe and affordable housing for women and children fleeing violence.
- Hundreds more frontline workers to support women in crisis.
- Consent and respectful relationships education to help break the cycle.
- Taking real action to stop sexual harassment at work by implementing all 55 recommendations of the Respect@Work report and providing support for women who experience sexual harassment at work.
