Without doubt, the provisions of the Bill allow for greater flexibility, better planning and less hardship for those husbands and wives starting families. Those of us who reared our families in the 1970s and 1980s, without any legislative protection, good, bad or indifferent, know the hardships suffered in those decades. There is no doubt in my mind that many good people, women in particular, were lost to the workforce and the economy because they had to leave their jobs prematurely. The most noteworthy example of this, to which Senator Cox referred, was that women had to leave the Civil Service when they married, often long before they decided to start a family. My wife suffered in this respect. It led to one less pay packet entering the household and an additional mouth to feed. Those were tough times. We have made much progress since. In some people's eyes, progress may be slow but, nonetheless, we are moving in the right direction.