TOM CONNELL, HOST: Let's get a wrap of the political agenda that has been this week. Joining me now Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman, former Liberal MP Jason Falinski. Gentlemen, thanks as ever for your time. It hasn't been this week for the Government, dare I say it. We'd better start on the detainee issue. What we've learned today, Patrick Gorman, is the Minister's delegates made a call, in fact, on removing this ankle bracelet. This must mean the buck stops with the Minister, doesn't it?

NEIL WILCOCK ("WILKO"), CO-HOST: There was an emergency [national] cabinet held by Anthony Albanese, our PM, and we found out some details yesterday that had been released from that cabinet in regards to an extend of the domestic violence package that already existed. $925 million. Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher is on the line to explain it a little bit more, good morning Katy.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR WOMEN: Good morning, thanks for having me on.

THE HON JULIA GILLARD AC, HOST: Katy, it's not politics that brought you to Canberra, you were born and raised there, like no one's born and raised in Canberra. Can you tell me about that?

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?