Save Share Senior businesswomen are dismayed that Treasurer Josh Frydenberg did not use Tuesdayâs âwomenâs budgetâ to extend the government paid parental leave scheme to give both parents equal access. âItâs a good start, but it is long overdue and there is a lot more work to doâ: Nicola Wakefield Evans Janie Barrett Female business leaders welcomed many of the steps taken by Mr Frydenberg to improve womenâs financial health, safety and wellbeing, but they said more needed to be done to increase workforce participation, narrow the gender pay gap and lift older women out of poverty.