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Australia’s gender pay gap is narrowing – and the public spotlight seems to be helping

Since 2024, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has been publishing the gender pay gaps of Australia’s largest companies. Now, we have enough data to make some meaningful comparisons – and this public spotlight seems to be paying off.

The Conversation

Men almost twice as likely as women to earn high salaries in ‘reality check’ on Australia’s gender pay gap

Workplace Gender Equality Agency report shows a slight increase in number of women in highly paid roles, which are still dominated by men

The Guardian - AU

Lifetime impact of gender pay gap costs women millions

The financial cost of the gender pay gap accelerates across a woman's lifetime and peaks in her late 50s, with an eye-watering amount of missed earnings.

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Stubborn lack of progress on workplace gender equality

Australia has made gains on workplace gender equality with more flexible work options and policies in place, but there is still a long way to go.

AAP

Media, supermarkets and banks: what is the average salary at the big companies and how big is the gender pay gap?

Radio 2GB Sydney has industry’s worst gap at 51.1%, while the size of supermarkets helps to narrow their differential

The Guardian - AU

New Report Exposes Aussie Companies With Some Shocking Gender Pay Gaps

The government's latest pay gap report found Aussie women earn almost $30,000 less than men a year.

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Australia’s gender pay gap explorer 2025: where does your workplace rank?

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

The Guardian - AU

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Bosses urged to stay flexible as gender pay gap narrows

The gender pay gap is steadily closing amid warnings revoking work from home flexibility will impact women's ability to earn more.

AAP

Australian women earn nearly $30,000 less than men a year, the government’s latest pay gap report finds

Across the country, 72.2% of 5,347 employers have a gender pay gap that favours men, Workplace Gender Equality Agency finds

The Guardian - AU

Cultural change needed with gender equality law reform

The federal government is considering legal reforms to require businesses to set and meet gender equality targets, with penalties for non-compliance.

AAP

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

The Guardian - AU

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’

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The Guardian - AU

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 Canberra Times

Revealed: The Hunter employers paying men far more than women

The gender pay gap varies widely across the region.

AAP

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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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

ABC News

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.

ABC News

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.

Pedestrian.tv

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

Let the dragging begin!

ABC News

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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