The Albanese Government has brought together health experts to discuss the unique challenges facing the health workforce across the Northern Territory.

The Primary Health Care Workforce Summit is jointly hosted by the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health Malarndirri McCarthy and Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney, who will be joined by key stakeholders from across the Territory on Wednesday 23 August.

SENATOR THE HON KATY GALLAGHER, MINISTER FOR WOMEN: Well, good morning everyone. Thanks for coming. I'm joined here by Mary Wooldridge who's the Chief Executive of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, and all questions on detail should go to Mary. So, I'm just putting that out at the front. But we've got a busy day today so really great to see you all here, it's an important day for this, an Australian first where we are publishing the gender pay gaps of companies with 100 or more employees across the country.

DAVID LIPSON, HOST: Well, Katy Gallagher is the federal Minister for Finance and the Minister for Women. She joined me a short time ago. Katy Gallagher, thanks for joining us. What does this list tell us about the task at hand when it comes to gender pay?

The Albanese Government is taking action to improve workplace gender equality, with the gender pay gaps for nearly 5,000 Australian private sector employers today being published for the first time.

It comes after Labor’s reforms passed the Parliament last year, a key driver for employer action to speed up progress to close the gender pay gap in the workplace. 

The Minister for Women, Senator Katy Gallagher, said the publication of employer gender pay gaps is a pivotal moment for gender equality in Australia.

The Albanese Labor Government is improving food security in remote Aboriginal communities and investing more than one million dollars on a range of infrastructure projects.

In the remote Northern Territory community of Robinson River, about 800 kilometres south east of Katherine, $69,000 will go towards crucial supply flights of food and essentials.

This will help ensure access to food during the wet season, when the community is cut off for several months at a time. 

The Albanese Labor Government is improving food security in remote Aboriginal communities and investing more than one million dollars on a range of infrastructure projects.

In the remote Northern Territory community of Robinson River, about 800 kilometres south east of Katherine, $69,000 will go towards crucial supply flights of food and essentials.

This will help ensure access to food during the wet season, when the community is cut off for several months at a time.

Despite the soaring heat and wet weather, the West Arnhem community of Gunbalanya is a hive of building activity with the Territory Labor Government delivering ten new homes, and great progress being made on a new 24-lot subdivision.

Residents of Gunbalanya have seen positive changes to their community, with upskilling, employment and new homes as part of the $30 million invested for the construction and improvements of housing employment and upskilling for local labourers.

Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service, Senator Katy Gallagher will travel to Rio de Janeiro this week, to lead Australia's delegation at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

The G20 is the premier forum for economic cooperation. It plays a critical role in steering the global economy through major shared challenges. Its members represent 85% of global GDP, 75% of international trade and two-thirds of the world's population.

MATTHEW DORAN, HOST: Let's bring in now the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Pat Gorman, he joins us live from our Perth studios this Friday. Pat Gorman, welcome back to Afternoon Briefing. How worried should people be about the arrival of boats, considering that we are seeing this announcement today - or this development - today about a situation in your home state?

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE: