The Albanese Government’s Cabinet is now 55% female, and gender balanced across the outer ministry.

So what kind of difference can this make to women in Australia, especially with advancements in AI and tech, threats to gender equality, as well as the continuing crisis of violence against women and children?

Recently, Women's Agenda had the opportunity to catch up briefly with four of those female ministers and assistant ministers, including

• Minister for Women, Senator Katy Gallagher
• Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek
• Assistant Minister for Women, Health & Aged Care and Indigenous Health, Rebecca White
• And the Assistant Minister for Social Services, Ged Kearney

We held the discussion in Sydney, just as the four were going into the Women and Women’s Safety Ministerial Council meeting, a meeting attended by ministers across states and territories to discuss a joint response across all jurisdictions to gender equality and the national crisis of gender based violence.

We discussed their current concerns regarding progress on gender equality, the potential of the social services portfolio, as well as the risks and opportunities associated with AI adoption.

We also discussed ending violence against women, and tackling women's homelessness.

This conversation was recorded on the 15th of August, in Sydney.

And apologies, it is a little disjointed as we tried to make the most of a short period of time, which included people entering the room at different times, and utilising the two microphones our team had available.

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