Gender pay gaps of Commonwealth public sector employers have been published for the first time by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
The Commonwealth Public Sector Gender Equality Scorecard: Key Employer Results from 2023 shows that Commonwealth public sector employers have an average total remuneration gap of 6.4 per cent, compared to 21.1 per cent in the private sector (excluding CEOs and Heads of Business).
The dedication of the Nyul Nyul Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) has today been celebrated with a ceremony – locking in traditional land management practices and delivering local jobs in the Kimberley.
The new IPA covers 144,493 hectares of land and sea Country over which Nyul Nyul people have sole native title rights, extending the Kimberley IPA network across the Dampier Peninsula.
Cabinet Secretary, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy
Assistant Minister for Women, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health
TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me today, the newly appointed Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. A good day for you, I suppose. One of those days you can sort of relax a bit. There's no big decisions or anything like that. Bring the kids along. Did you have to explain to the difference between the Prime Minister and Assistant to the Prime Minister?
TOM CONNELL, HOST: Joining me today, the newly appointed Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. A good day for you, I suppose. One of those days you can sort of relax a bit. There's no big decisions or anything like that. Bring the kids along. Did you have to explain to the difference between the Prime Minister and Assistant to the Prime Minister?
Subjects: Junior Rangers program expansion, Budget.
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering for all women and girls by investing in economic equality, healthcare, and safety.
These investments over three years are outlined in the 2025-26 Women’s Budget Statement, which outlines key government investments across a range of areas.
Because of these investments, women are earning on average $217 more a week than they were in May 2022.
Australian women will also benefit from two more tax cuts that Labor is delivering in 2026 and 2027.
KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: Welcome back to the program. Joining me live in the studio is the Assistant Minister for Women, Kate Thwaites. Budget Reply tonight, they've leaked one thing and that is the fuel excise reduction. Is that something that will be well received by voters? Is it? Would Labor have been smart to match that?
The Albanese Government has appointed Ms Taryn Lee and Mr Mark Munnich as Directors of the Board of Outback Stores Pty Ltd.
A Yawuru woman from Broome, Ms Lee has led the design and development of social policy and programs, and reforms in health, justice and Aboriginal affairs, promoting self-determination to improve outcomes for First Nations people.