Last week the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) published data from all private sector companies in Australia that employ over 100 people on their gender pay gaps. Cut to Wednesday, and there were scores of headlines with varying takes on the data. So in this episode, we'll explore some of those takes, you can form your own opinion on the reasons behind the gap and how to address it.
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The first is the cold hard data published by WGEA - this is their Instagram post, so you don’t have to read the full report
The transcript of the press conference with federal Women’s Minister Katy Gallagher and the WGEA CEO Mary Woodridge -
An opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald/The Age by Jacqueline Maley titled ‘Pay gap stats aren’t about naming and shaming? Um, they kind of are.’
This personal piece in The Australian by columnist Janet Albrechsten on women's choices
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