Wednesday, 4 March 2026

 Cindy McLEISH (Eildon) (10:13): On Sunday 8 March we will celebrate 115 years of International Women’s Day. Although women’s rights have come a long way in those 115 years, we still have a way to go to reach gender and pay equality. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency 2024–25 report on employer gender pay gaps was released yesterday. It reported that the majority of employers reduced their gender pay gap in the last 12 months. Although this is a positive result, the pay gap still exists in Australia, with women earning 88.8 cents to every $1 for men. The data is collected from more than 10,500 employers with 100 or more employees.