SARAH PALLETT (Labour—Ilam): Thank you, Madam Speaker. As chair of the Labour Women Caucus, I welcome the introduction of this bill, which affects a predominantly female workforce. As we've heard, it acts to extend the repeal date for the Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017 so that the benefits made in the original settlements can be preserved, as well as providing an increased minimum wage from 1 July 2022, simply so that unions and employees can work to progress an enduring solution. Because the fact that seems to be escaping the House this afternoon is that under the original Act, in section 8, they are prevented from bringing a genuine pay equity claim until this Act expires. So the talk of five years we've had to progress this pay equity claim is completely erroneous; it is prevented under the original Act. And that is why I commend this bill to the House.