Treasurer hits back at claims his budget favours men
Federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg has hit back at criticism his budget favors men over women.
The treasurer's new economic plan has been labelled a “budget for blokes”.
He disagrees.
“This budget is designed to create more jobs for women and for men,” Mr Frydenberg told Sunrise.
“Fifty four per cent of the jobs lost during COVID have been jobs that have been filled by women. Fifty per cent of the jobs that have come back are jobs that are filled by women. That’s an encouraging sign.
“The government’s track record going into COVID was getting female work participation to a record high, closing the gender pay gap which has a way to go but was starting to close.
“There is $9.2 billion in this budget for childcare. It is helping to get female participation in the workforce to a record level.”
Social Services Minister Anne Ruston also thinks the budget will work just fine for women, saying "every single measure in the budget is available for women" and "women can take advantage of, you know, driving on the new infrastructure and roads".
Who do you think the budget most favours? Regardless of whom it favours, do you think it has th potential to achieve its goal of creating jobs and pulling us out of the pandemic recession?
No