When I say I've been in gender budgeting for 22 years, it's not just in Australia. I'm involved in advising governments and in providing technical advice elsewhere.
In Australia, different forms of gender budgeting were undertaken by both the Liberal Party—which is our conservative party of government—and the Labour Party, but the way they constructed the process was different. As I said before, with the Labour Party for the first 12 years, it was about giving a lot of power to institutions within the state, particularly women's policy offices. When it shifted to the conservative parties, the emphasis initially shifted to publishing ministerial statements as part of the budget, which said this is how we're doing good for women, but the analysis was much, much weaker.
So, yes, the political colour is important. The macro-economic conditions are important. You have a budget surplus situation, which we do, and that is an opportunity, a wonderful opportunity, to do gender budgeting. It's much harder when you're in a deficit situation.
Is there anything more specific I can say?