The Budget is a map of the priorities of the government of the day.

The Liberals/Nationals have a record of delivering budgets that give tax cuts that predominantly benefit men on high incomes and with disproportionate cuts to disadvantage women.

Analysis of the cuts in the Government's horror 2014 Budget showed women bore 55 per cent of the impact.

Analysis of the income tax cuts in the Government's 2018 Budget showed men got twice the benefit compared to women. This is built on men receiving three quarters of the benefits of tax breaks delivered in the 2017 Budget.

There is nothing new in aged care services in this Budget - the Budget does not deliver one new home care package the Government hasn't already announced.

The Liberals slashed the Low Income Superannuation Contribution - two thirds of the people accessing the LISC were women - then there was such a backlash they were forced to bring it back under a new name - the Low Income Superannuation Tax Offset.

The expansion of the ParentsNext program overwhelmingly negatively affects single mothers.

A recent Senate Inquiry found the program causes parents and children great distress and led to one in five participants having their payments suspended.

The majority of visits to the GP are made by women, either for themselves (60 per cent) or with their children (another 11 per cent). In 2015-16, Australian women and girls claimed over 220 million Medicare services, an average of 18 Medicare services each.

By comparison, men and boys claimed 13 Medicare services each. Under the Liberals, out-of-pocket GP costs have increased by 25 per cent, specialist costs by almost 40 per cent and private health insurance premiums by 30 per cent. 1.3 million Australians skip getting basic health care because of cost - and we know that women are more likely to be living in poverty and are more likely than men to delay seeing a doctor because of cost pressures.

Hospital emergency departments are overwhelmed. Elective surgery waiting times are the worst they have been since records began.

In addition, women face a range of specific health challenges not faced by men - including maternal and reproductive health issues. Too many Australian women have to travel interstate because they don't have access to safe, legal, affordable termination services in their town or even state.

The drop in the number of apprentices and trainees in training under the Liberals has hit women hardest - there are 28 per cent fewer male apprentices and trainees and 42 per cent fewer women. The number of women commencing a trade apprenticeship has dropped by 40 per cent, while commencements for men have dropped by 22 percent.

The Budget confirms the Government's ever diminishing Skilling Australians Fund has been cut by a further $649 million. The 300,000 projected apprenticeships and trainees which the fund was originally slated to deliver has now been cut to just 80,000.

The Fair Work Commission has stated that women are disproportionately represented among low paid workers and are more likely to be award reliant, in casual work and insecure jobs.

Women are disproportionately impacted by cuts to penalty rates as they are more likely to work in affected industries, be part-time employed under an award and work weekends. Wages growth under the Liberals has been weaker every year than any year before they were elected. This Budget has no plan for wages and downgrades wage forecasts again.

This budget does nothing to help renters. Since coming to government the Liberals/Nationals have:

Axed the National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) that has provided more than 36,000 new affordable social housing units and was on track to achieve its target of 100,000 properties.

Cut $44 million a year in capital funding for transitional housing options for women and children escaping domestic and family violence, young people exiting out-of-home care and older women on low incomes who are at risk of homelessness.

Defunded peak advocacy bodies, including Homelessness Australia, National Shelter and the Community Housing Federation of Australia.

Domestic and family violence disproportionately impacts women. Funding has failed to keep up with demand and the nation needs a nationally co-ordinated action plan. Funding has been cut for safe housing and legal aid aas well as community legal services who are underfunded.

Until last week, the Liberal-National Coalition Government was trying to abolish the Family Court. Since coming to office the government has slashed funding to Community Legal Centres leaving an unmet legal need where many thousands of Australians have missed out on help.

Around 240,000 more Australian women than men are living with some form of disability. We know that women make up more than two thirds of primary carers.

Compared to their peers, women with disability experience significantly higher levels of all forms of violence more intensely and frequently and are subjected to such violence by a greater number of perpetrators.

Their experiences of violence last over a longer period of time, and more severe injuries result from the violence. Elderly single women living with disability are more likely to live in poverty than men living with disability.

Almost a quarter of the projected budget surplus is obtained through under-spends on the NDIS. We know that over 77,000 people have missed out on the NDIS this year alone.

This is not a kind budget for women.

Colleen Carmody

Country Labor

Port Macquarie