Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

As the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, I believe that a government's commitment to women is reflected in the policies and the benefits that a government delivers. Look at those on the other side: when they had a female Prime Minister, she of course was knifed by none other than the now Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Wong. So much for standing up for the sisterhood, Senator Wong.

We have a former government that introduced a paid parental leave scheme. But what did they fail to do? They failed to include superannuation in their paid parental leave scheme. That clearly shows that it was not a government that is dinkum when it comes to delivering policies for women.

On top of that, let us look at the level of debt that the former failed finance minister—again, Senator Wong—delivered to the women of Australia. In 2007, when the former government came to office, there was zero debt. What did this government deliver by way of a policy that did not have a benefit—