Prominent women have hailed the departure of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott as an opportunity to drastically improve the government's focus on women.
Transfield chairman Diane Smith-Gander said reform had to have a much wider prism to include critical issues such as women's participation rates in the economy and the retirement savings gap for women.
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