NATALIE BARR, HOST: Joining me now is Finance Minister Katy Gallagher. Good morning to you. So, we’ve just had the slowest two quarters of consecutive growth in nearly 20 years, outside the pandemic. We are limping, we are in a per capita recession. What’s the government going to do about it?
JOURNALIST: Katy you've said that you're not going to tell us how much this policy is going to cost, you clearly think that it's worth it because you wouldn't be announcing it if not, so why not tell us how much it's going to cost?
The Albanese Labor Government will continue its historic reform of Paid Parental Leave (PPL) and will pay superannuation on the Government payment from 1 July 2025.
The announcement will be made alongside the release of Working for Women –Australia’s first national strategy to achieve gender equality.
Paying superannuation on PPL was also a key recommendation of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce and has long been campaigned for by unionsand the women’s movement.
The Productivity Commission’s latest data on Closing the Gap shows some progress.
The Productivity Commission has released new data on 8 of the Closing the Gap targets and nine supporting indicators.
Overall, 5 out of 19 targets are now on track, an improvement from 4 out of 19.
Encouragingly, the proportion of First Nations babies born at a healthy weight has improved and is on track to meet the target of 91 per cent by 2031.
The Productivity Commission’s latest data on Closing the Gap shows some progress.
The Productivity Commission has released new data on 8 of the Closing the Gap targets and nine supporting indicators.
Overall, 5 out of 19 targets are now on track, an improvement from 4 out of 19.
Encouragingly, the proportion of First Nations babies born at a healthy weight has improved and is on track to meet the target of 91 per cent by 2031.
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It is my great pleasure to be with you for the State of the Service Roadshow in Newcastle. Today we have representatives from no less than 28 Australian Public Service agencies here with us. I extend a warm welcome to you all.
Over the course of these State of the Service roadshows, I have been sharing my passion for Australian history. I have been delving a little into the experiences of our earliest Commonwealth public servants.
PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: let's bring in the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy. Malarndirri, good to see you. How are you feeling in this moment?
MALARNDIRRI MCCARTHY: Good morning, Peter. Good morning to all you viewers across the country. Very excited, very indeed. I think we are now going to see the beginning of the official campaign and I'm looking forward to it when the Prime Minister announces it.
STEFANOVIC: it is October 14th yeah?
THOMAS ORITI: After more than eight months of back and forth Australians will today learn the date for the nation's historic Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. It's widely expected to be Saturday the October the 14th, but I guess we'll find out in the coming hours. People will be asked to vote either Yes or No to enshrine in your first nations Voice in the Constitution, if approved, it would establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander formal body for Indigenous people to give advice on laws.
LISA MILLAR, HOST: The eyes of the nation will be on Adelaide this morning with the Prime Minister set to formally announce the date Australians will head to the polls for the voice referendum. A Saturday in mid-October is widely tipped to be the polling day, leaving just weeks for Australians to decide whether or not to enshrine an independent advisory body known as the voice to Parliament in the Constitution.
GREG JENNETT, HOST: Okay, well, on Wednesday of next week, the Prime Minister will name the date for Australians to vote in the referendum for an Indigenous voice to Parliament. Due to footy finals weather and his own international travel commitments, he's likely to confirm the date is Saturday, the 14th of October. We say likely. Obviously we have to wait for confirmation on that. It's a process of elimination so far.