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Australia’s gender pay gap has hit a record low – but we still have work to do

Australia’s gender pay gap – a key measure of economic inequality between men and women – has fallen to a record low of 11.5%.

The Conversation

Some people are desperately averse to hard data – the gender pay gap is no exception

The first gender pay gap report dropped and screaming gender conniptions from people heavily invested in reductive stereotypes of women appeared shortly thereafter

The Guardian - AU

‘We’ve seen the culture change’: how one Australian work site increased its female workforce fivefold

Kimberly-Clark’s toilet paper mill was looking down the barrel of a 100% male workforce when they decided to shake up their strategy – and culture

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Gender pay gap: Katy Gallagher calls on Dutton to reject Matt Canavan’s comments calling report ‘useless data’

Finance minister’s calls come after Sussan Ley says she rejects backbencher’s comments that Workplace Gender Equality Agency report is ‘annual Andrew Tate recruitment drive’

The Guardian - AU

Qantas pays women 37% less, Telstra and BHP 20%. Fifty years after equal pay laws, we still have a long way to go

For the first time, the public can now access comprehensive data on gender pay disparity at Australia’s private companies. Now it’s time for action.

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Australia’s gender pay gap explorer: where does your employer rank?

Search the data to find the gender pay gap for any employer in Australia with more than 100 employees

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: The Hunter employers paying men far more than women

The gender pay gap varies widely across the region.

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Call for action on gender equity as pay gaps exposed

Australian employers are under pressure to close their gender pay gaps and could face hurdles getting contracts with government if they don't change.

AAP

Dozens of Australian businesses have gender pay gaps above 50%, landmark data reveals

Data showing nearly two-thirds of workplaces have a pay gap that favours men is being published in the hopes of ending disparity

The Guardian - AU

Australian women are about to find out just how wide the gender pay gap is. Prepare for a rude shock

The heat is on from 27 February, when you’ll be able to find out the difference between how much the median man and the median woman get paid at any large company

The Guardian - AU

Gender pay gap data of large Australian businesses to be published

An embarrassing day is coming for Australian businesses that have a large gender pay gap, with the data from individual organisations to be made public.

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Peter Dutton says the gender pay gap was 17.4 per cent under Labor and fell to 13.8 per cent under the Coalition. Is that correct?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the gender pay gap under Labor was 17.4 per cent and fell to 13.8 per cent under the Coalition. RMIT ABC Fact Check looks at the numbers.

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FKN GOOD: A New Law Means Businesses With Dogshit Gender Pay Gaps Will Be Named And Shamed

Let the dragging begin!

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Finally, gender pay gap transparency reaches Australia’s shores

A new bill will make it mandatory for employers to publish the size of the gender pay gap at their organisation.

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Australia’s gender pay gap progress has stalled, and experts say it could come back to bite employers

With new research revealing Australia’s gender pay gap has not improved this year, experts have a warning for employers who don’t pay equally.

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Workplace Gender Equality Agency report shows the gender pay gap widens as women get older

New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows women across all generations are earning consistently less than men.

ABC News

Three-in-five employers offer paid parental leave but few dads take up the offer to be primary carer

Ahead of the federal election, there are calls for the government to step in and offer 26 weeks paid parental leave so that more fathers share the role of primary carer during their child's life.

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