Minister for Women, Senator Katy Gallagher has announced that Ms Sam Mostyn AO has been appointed as Chair of the Government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce, bringing with her decades of experience in the gender equality and advocacy space.

The Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce will provide independent advice to the Government on a broad range of issues facing women in Australia, including to inform the development of a National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality.

Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher will attend the G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s Empowerment in Bali, Indonesia from 24–26 August 2022. 

The themes of this year’s conference — the care economy post-COVID-19, closing the digital gender gap, and women’s entrepreneurship — are closely aligned with the Government’s commitment to making women’s equal opportunity a social and economic priority. 

Mr GORMAN (Perth—Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) (15:17): on indulgence—I'd like to pay tribute to the life of Sir David Smith. Every student of Australian history recognises Sir David. Those iconic images of the Dismissal are part of our national story. Today we recognise the contribution behind the scenes of, to quote the Canberra Times, one of the most respected public servants.

The Albanese Government will invest $15.84 million to fund six projects that will see women’s workforce participation boosted and women’s representation in leadership positions increased.

Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher, said the projects, which will be funded over four years and directly benefit 5,000 women nation-wide, go hand-in-hand with the Government’s emphasis on women’s economic equality. 

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to support the families of deceased Youpla Group policy holders, so they can get on with Sorry Business and bury their loved ones.

As an interim measure, the Youpla Group Funeral Benefits Program will pay a grant in place of a funeral benefit that would otherwise have been paid by the Youpla Group before its collapse.

Payments will be made to eligible beneficiaries of Youpla Group policy holders who had an active policy on or after 1 April 2020.

SAM LIM, MEMBER FOR TANGNEY: Good morning, everyone, and thanks for coming. Looks like the rain is not stopping anyone, good on you. My name is Sam Lim, I'm the Federal MP for Tangney. I'd like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of this land paying my respect to the elders past, present and emerging. And I would like to introduce my good colleague, my mentor, the Member of Parliament for Perth and also Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Mr Patrick Gorman.

September is a patriotic month.

It begins with Wattle Day, we celebrate Flag Day and ends with the AFL grand final.

All moments to reflect on the nation we love and how we bring people together for a better future.

When Anthony Albanese took to the podium for his first press conference as Prime Minister at Parliament House, he stood not in front of one flag, but three. The Australian national flag. The Australian Aboriginal flag. The Torres Strait Islander flag.

To some, this change may have appeared insignificant.

The Australian Government is committed to replacing the Community Development Program (CDP) with a program with real jobs, proper wages and decent conditions.

To begin discussions, the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney today hosted the Remote Employment Roundtable in Canberra, in the lead up to the Jobs and Skills Summit.

The Roundtable was designed to bring a number of experts together to share their insights on employment challenges and labour markets in remote Australia, before more targeted consultations are held in remote communities.