ROSS SOLLY, HOST: ACT Senator Katy Gallagher is also the Minister for Women and joins us on the program. Senator Gallagher, good to have you on the show.

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

SOLLY: Were you at the meeting today or not?

GALLAGHER: No, it was first ministers only, so, but I –

SOLLY: I would have thought as Minister for Women, that it might have been useful to have you in the room?

Firstly, I want to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands we are on today, the Whadjuk Nyoongar people.

I offer my respect to Elders, past, present and emerging.

I acknowledge the Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia and the CEO, Vicki O’Donnell, for hosting today’s event.

I am so pleased to be here with you all. 

We got in about midnight last night. We’ve spent some time in the Torres Strait, seeing how families and organisations are going over there and then Yarrabah and Cairns.

GREG JENNETT, HOST: Malarndirri McCarthy, welcome back to the program, coming to us from Western Australia today. I know that's a long way from where today's National Cabinet meeting was convened by the Prime Minister, he was in Sydney, but we did get a few announcements on domestic violence, particularly the extension of this Leaving Violent Partner Payments Program. How helpful do you think that might be to Indigenous women in particular, no matter where they are in this country remotely or in towns and cities?

Ending men’s violence against women and tackling misogyny and the harm it creates requires concerted action from all levels of government and all parts of society and we are building on investments already made in this space.

To build on our prevention efforts, the Albanese Government will introduce a suite of online measures to address easy access to pornography for children and young people and tackle extreme online misogyny, which is fuelling harmful attitudes towards women.

The Albanese Labor Government is committed to ending family, domestic and sexual violence in a generation. This is a national crisis.

We want women to know if they need to leave they can afford to go.

We understand the insidious links between financial insecurity and stress and vulnerability to family and domestic violence. Too often, financial insecurity can be a barrier to escaping violence.

JO TRILLING, HOST: Patrick Gorman is the Federal Member for Perth. He's also the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister. He's in the studio to discuss a new strategy that government is hoping will lead to more diversity in the public sector. Good afternoon.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE: Good afternoon, Jo. Good afternoon to your listeners.

ROSS SOLLY, HOST: Patrick Gorman is the Assistant Minister for the Public Service, and joins us on the line this afternoon. Patrick Gorman, good to have you on the programme.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE: Good afternoon, Ross. Thanks for having me.

SOLLY: So how much work have we got to do to make our public service more fit for purpose in terms of representing more of the community?

OANNE ALFORD, PRINCIPAL OF THE CENTRALIAN SENIOR SCHOOL: I’d just like to welcome the Prime Minister to Centralian Senior College today, we're very proud for this visit. Quite often we get a negative narrative around who our students are, but today they've been able to shine and shine for the Prime Minister and celebrate the funding that we've received through the on country learning money. Those funds have actually been transformational for our outcomes for our young people. So we really wanted to express our gratitude - thank you so much.

SARAH HARRIS, CO-HOST: We’re joined now by federal minister Katy Gallagher. Katy, a lot of my female friends, they’re feeling really afraid at the moment. You’re the Minister for Women, what are you hearing about how women are feeling?

The First Nations Reference Group for the Remote Jobs and Economic Development Program held its third meeting today.

The Remote Jobs and Economic Development program will create 3,000 jobs in remote Australia, to help close the gap in employment outcomes and boost economic opportunities.