NSW budget launches women's statement

"Women have spoken and the government listened," NSW Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor says. (AAP)

The NSW government is casting its new budget as a blueprint for women to level the playing field, as NSW Treasurer Matt Kean invoked Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame in his treasurer's message.

His first budget as treasurer includes an inaugural Women's Opportunity Statement, which he says will appear in all future budgets from 2022/23.