PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: Firstly, I would like to say on behalf of the Perth community a huge thank you to Minister Whitby and Minister Jarvis for this investment in more trees. There's been really great understanding by people across Western Australia about the tough decisions that needs to be made to beat the Borer and we have invested as the Commonwealth Government, $19.9 million to make sure that we do everything we can to have a strong biosecurity response.

Today the Albanese Labor Government is releasing the report from the independent Rapid Review of Prevention Approaches to help stop gender-based violence.

The Government thanks the Expert Panel for their work and will now consider the recommendations of the Review.

GREG JENNETT: Malarndirri McCarthy is the Minister for Indigenous Australians, and she joins us in the studio right now. Senator, welcome back to the program, I'm pleased to say, our first time since your elevation, so congratulations.

MALARNDIRRI McCARTHY: Thank you, Greg. Lovely to be here.

ROSS SOLLY, HOST: Busy day up on the Hill today, I think it’s the last sitting day for a couple of weeks. So, a lot of stuff to get through and a lot of important laws are now being debated before both Houses, including new superannuation – new superannuation benefits for people on maternity leave. Katy Gallagher is the Minister for Women and of course is also an ACT Senator and joins us on the show. Senator Gallagher, good to have you on the show.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR FINANCE: Thanks for having me on, Ross.

AMANDA RISHWORTH, MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES: Well, I'm so pleased to be here with Katy Gallagher, the Minister for Women and Minister for Finance, and, of course, our Treasurer Jim Chalmers and also Ashling, Josie and Leo, because today is a really good day for Australian families. Today, the Government has introduced our next tranche of legislation to improve Paid Parental Leave in this country. We have not only improved flexibility, encouraged shared care of Paid Parental Leave and increased the means testing to have a more generous family income test.

SARAH ABO, HOST: Joining us to discuss today’s headlines is Northern Territory Senator Malarndirri McCarthy and WA Senator Michaelia Cash. Good to see you both. Malarndirri, I'll start with you if I could. We've done a little comparison of our own and found that a bulk pack of thigh fillets at Woolies cost $5.66 more than it did two years ago. What was once considered a staple for Aussie homes, it seems, is becoming out of reach.

The Albanese Labor Government is continuing to deliver on its commitment to provide greater support to Australian families by introducing legislation today which will pay superannuation on Government-funded Paid Parental Leave.

The introduction of the Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024 in the House of Representatives builds upon recent reforms which have made Paid Parental Leave more flexible, accessible, gender equitable, and which increase the length of the scheme.

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: New laws introduced by the Federal Government today could see members of Parliament fined, kicked off committees and even suspended from Parliament. The laws will increase the consequences for politicians and members of staff, official parliamentary staff, who engage in bad behaviour. Katy Gallagher is the Minister for Finance and Women and joins us now on RN Breakfast. Welcome back to the program, Minister.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR WOMEN: Thanks for having me on, PK.

JOURNALIST: … to get this over the line, and do you think you've got the support of the other parties?

The Albanese Government will introduce a Bill to Parliament today to establish the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission (IPSC), delivering on Recommendation 22 of Set the Standard, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report into Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces.

The IPSC will be an independent workplace investigation and sanctions framework that will enforce behaviour codes for Parliamentarians, MOPS staff and other people who work in Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces.