CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday pledged a "culture revolution" to better circumstances for women in the workplace in his speech commemorating 100 days in office.
Albanese flagged a shift to a "reform and renewal" agenda. He told the National Press Club (NPC) that the "government has a responsibility to plan for the future, to construct for the long-term, to enact the changes that arm people with every chance to realise their potential."
Since helping the Labor Party win the elections, Albanese claimed he has not wasted a day in government. He has taken steps to improve Australia's carbon reduction target and enhance pay for low-paid workers.
He pointed out that the revival of the regional manufacturing sector, more affordable and greener energy, less expensive child care, and improved skills and training were among Labor's electoral promises.
Before the government's two-day jobs summit, which begins on Thursday, Albanese said that he was expecting a significant improvement in economic equality for women because "the gender gap has hardly budged" for the past 30 years.
We also need a culture shift, he added, so this will require more than just reform in the law. When the summit concludes on Friday afternoon, Albanese predicted that there will still be problems, including as a trillion dollars in debt, families facing pressure from rising living expenses, and a lack of staff and skills for both large and small enterprises.
But for the first time in a while, he added, "I think we'll be moving to an agreement on how to fix these problems, rather than squabbling about who's to blame for them.
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