TOM CONNELL, HOST: Let's start by talking about this and a few other issues of the day. Joining me live, the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman and NSW Liberal Party President Jason Falinski. Gentlemen, thank you both for your time. Patrick, I'll start with you. First of all, it's interesting, with such strong support from corporate Australia that it doesn't appear to be moving the needle in terms of opinion polls.

KARL LANGDON, HOST: A name is being proposed for the new electorate to be located in Western Australia by a Labor MP. That Labor MP's name is Patrick Gorman, and he joins us this morning. Patrick good morning.

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

LANGDON: Why Polly Farmer mate?

Patricia Karvelas, Host: Australia's Parliament has faced something of a cultural reckoning over the past two years. Issues of bullying, sexual harassment, assault, have been widely reported and forced the previous Government and now this Government into action. Now today, the Albanese Government will introduce the first set of legislation recommended by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, in her landmark report Set the Standard. It will be today introduced into the House of Representatives.

Patrick Gorman, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Assistant Minister for the PUBLIC SERVICE:  We started this week with the Prime Minister returning from Garma where he had been listening to communities on the ground about how we forge that great reconciliation with peoples across Australia. And then we got straight back into the work of delivering on that agenda and our broader agenda here in the Parliament.

The Albanese Government will introduce a Bill on Thursday to establish the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service as an independent statutory agency, in response to the 2021 Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces, Set the Standard.

This marks a significant milestone in the cross-party effort to lift the standards and improve the culture at Australian Parliament House.

JOURNALIST: So what are you out here doing today?

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE: We're out here joining the Yes23 campaign. Doorknocking the community of Yokine, to talk about constitutional recognition through a Voice to Parliament. It's such a great opportunity to have those one-on-one conversations.

The Albanese Government is pleased to announce $4.7 million over two years in funding to boost participation amongst First Nations women and girls, as well as at risk youth in football across the Northern Territory.

The joint funding arrangement with the Australian Football League program and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) includes:

The Albanese Government is pleased to announce $6.4 million towards the Yolngu people’s long held vision for a world class tertiary institution in northeast Arnhem Land.

As the 24th annual Garma Festival kicks off, the investment from the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA) to support the Yothu Yindi Foundation with Stage One for the design and development of the Garma Institute - a new tertiary and vocational education facility.

PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: A proposal being put to the Federal Government suggests locking away some of a person's super to fund their future aged care. Let's go back to Canberra now. Joining us live, the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. Patrick, good to see you. It's a good debate, this one. I mean, not just for the now, but also for the future, because we're all going to need it. And so some of those proposals put forward today. A new levy on top of Medicare.

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE:  The Albanese Government came here this week to get things done. That's what we do. Every week that we come here to Parliament. We are here to get things done. And we got things done when it comes to passing the Strengthening the Safety Net Bill. That means 1.1 million Australians will get more assistance from Centrelink from September.