The Australian Government has announced the official delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, being held in New York from 6 to 17 March.

The Commission is the principal global body dedicated to the advancement of women.

The delegation will be led by Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy on behalf of the Australian Government, with the Minister for Women Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher unable to attend due to parliamentary commitments.

Senator Gallagher said the Government is committed to Australia’s international leadership on gender equality.

The Australian Government has announced the official delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, being held in New York from 6 to 17 March.

The Commission is the principal global body dedicated to the advancement of women.

The delegation will be led by Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy on behalf of the Australian Government, with the Minister for Women Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher unable to attend due to parliamentary commitments.

Senator Gallagher said the Government is committed to Australia’s international leadership on gender equality.

PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The plan to double tax on super contributions in accounts with a balance of more than $3 million will affect some 80,000 people, 60% of those are men. It's a reminder that your gender may impact how much money you earn, and also how much money you'll have when you retire. The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher is our guest this morning. Welcome back to Breakfast.

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

The Territories Stolen Generations Redress Scheme continues to deliver support to Stolen Generations survivors, with close to 900 applications received and 417 payments made since the Scheme opened one year ago today.

The $378 million Scheme seeks to recognise the harm and trauma experienced by Stolen Generations survivors removed as children from their families or communities in the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory, or the Jervis Bay Territory, prior to their respective self-Government.

The Albanese Government is partnering with the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research to assist in formal consultation on the National Justice Reinvestment Program and establishing a National Justice Reinvestment Unit.

In our first Budget the Albanese Government made a historic $81.5 million commitment in justice reinvestment, the largest funding package in justice reinvestment ever committed by the Commonwealth.

TOM CONNELL, HOST: Welcome back. Well, there has been furious debate over superannuation. This was after a speech by the Treasurer last week. Labor Ministers lined up to talk about whether or not this would be a broken election promise and how major these changes might be. Joining me live, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Patrick Gorman and former Liberal MP Jason Falinski. Thanks very much, both for your time. Patrick, we better start with you, given that position you have as Anthony Albanese’s right-hand man, we might call it.

The Albanese government is providing funding certainty to frontline organisations in Alice Springs to support the community-led response to the urgent challenges facing the region.

The government is providing $25 million to extend funding for safety and community services to give certainty to organisations and their employees to ensure critical work continues beyond 30 June 2023.

10 community organisations will receive funding to deliver 20 grant activities ranging from residential rehabilitation programs to well-being and violence prevention programs.

The Australian Government is providing $300,000 for social and emotional wellbeing support for Aboriginal communities in the flood ravaged Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Cyclone Ellie struck last month leading to record flooding, leaving thousands of people displaced, isolated and experiencing trauma.

Funding for a trusted local community organisation, the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services (KAMS) will provide support to people affected by flooding over the coming months.

The work the Committee for Perth does is vital.

Some of you know that I sent your Boorloo Kworp 'Perth is Good' report to all of my Labor colleagues after its release.

So it is appropriate that I speak to you this week.

A week where Perth and WA are truly on the national agenda.

A week where we had 20 ministers here in WA.

We hosted the first Cabinet meeting ever in regional Western Australia.

And my colleagues saw first-hand the WA economy in full force.

I marched for Aboriginal land rights before I could walk.

My mum and dad, Wendy and Ron, would take me along in the pram to regular marches through the streets of Perth in the 1980s.

I am proud of having used my voice for reconciliation.

I am proud of our State’s recent history on the road to reconciliation. A land of 45,000 years of continuous Aboriginal culture.

Western Australia has provided leadership in acknowledging our Aboriginal history.

Each time it has brought the people, and politicians, of our state closer together.