Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Bill 2025, Superannuation Guarantee Charge Amendment Bill 2025

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (12:23): Again, Senator Pocock, I acknowledge your career and your work as an academic in understanding patterns of work and things like that, but I'll make the same points in this answer that I made in the last.

The broader point I am making is that we don't do superannuation reform on the fly in the Senate—we don't. If you look at the approach we have taken since we came to government, we have brought forward reforms to superannuation in a staged and careful way, and that is the way we will continue. This bill is about making sure everyone gets the superannuation they are entitled to and it is paid into their accounts in a timely way.

All of the other changes that I've already outlined are also targeted at making sure the superannuation system continues to work in the interests of working people.