Reboot of Jenkins review into toxic parliamentary culture already begun, Katy Gallagher says

Minister for women, Katy Gallagher, has responsibility for Labor’s national plan for gender equality and will oversee the reform of parliamentary workplace culture. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Minister for women, Katy Gallagher, says she will kickstart implementation of the Jenkins review in the opening fortnight of the new parliament, declaring the mission to eradicate toxic parliamentary staffing culture is not going to “die a little slow death”.

In her first interview as the new federal minister for women, Katy Gallaghersaid the Jenkins reboot had begun this week. She said Kerri Hartland, the independent chair of the Jenkins review implementation taskforce, had contacted MPs across the parliament to revive the process that went into hiatus because of the May election.