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Australian PM pledges cultural change for female workers
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a “cultural change” to improve conditions for women in the workplace.
In a speech on Monday marking 100 days since Labor Party came to power in May’s election, Albanese flagged a shift to a “reform and renewal” agenda.
“Government has a responsibility to plan for the future, to build for the long-term, to implement the reforms that arm people with every chance to fulfil their potential,” he said.
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Albanese said he has not wasted a day in office since he led the Labor Party to election victory, having taken action to raise Australia’s emissions reduction target and increase wages for low-paid workers.
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According to him, Labor’s list of election promises is to revive the local manufacturing industry, cleaner and cheaper energy, cheaper childcare and better skills and training as the next priorities.
The prime minister said he hopes for serious improvement in economic equality for women after 30 years in which the gender gap has hardly budged.
“This is going to take more than legislative change, we need a culture change too,” he said.
(Xinhua/NAN)
