My Commitment
Working to make things better for everyone in our community for many years has been the motivation at the heart of my work.
I strive to be a Parliamentary representative who provides a voice of leadership on women’s issues and fights for a Tasmania that is an exemplar of equity, safety and opportunity for everyone.
As the member for Nelson, I am committed to applying a gender lens to all legislation that comes before me in the Legislative Council.
Gender lens on Speeches in Reply to the State Budget
Motion Debate – The Matildas Inspire Near & Far!
Question – Surgery on Intersex Children
Motion – Gender Responsive Budgeting
Mr President, I rise to speak to the motion under my name, No. 7 on the Notice Paper. This motion focuses upon the role of and the need for gender-responsive budgeting and a gender budget impact assessment – a public policy tool that I and others here have previously called for and raised on many occasions in this place. However, this debate might be the first opportunity provided to this Chamber to consider formally such an initiative and its potential contribution to our state.
Parliamentary and Community action
Issues affecting women
We can and must do better to address:
- Women’s workforce participation, including the gender pay gap.
- Women’s financial security, including the prevalence of women in part-time or casual insecure work and women’s superannuation.
- Violence against women, including access to legal services, personal support and housing.
- Women’s health and wellbeing, including timely access to health services and reproductive rights.
- Women’s homelessness, including access to public and social housing, better protection of tenant’s rights, more crisis housing services.
- Support for carers, including in the areas of elder care, disability care, and kinship care.
