Premier raises the stakes in gender debate with plan for historic Women’s Summit

Wednesday April 07, 2021

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will go to National Cabinet this week with a proposal for a wide-ranging summit on gender inequality, harassment and violence.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk (pictured with other Labor women in parliament) has applauded Queensland’s progress on gender equality but says more needs to be done on a national level.

While Palaszczuk said the focus of the meeting “will undoubtedly be the vaccine rollout,” she believed Commonwealth, State and Territory leaders should also respond to community calls for action on women’s…

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