Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Cameron. In relation to the annual wage review, obviously it looks at low paid and those who are on the national minimum wage regardless of gender. In relation to the actual impact on women, however, one of the points that the submission does make in relation to the gender pay gap is that because women are more likely to be on awards or on the minimum wage than men there is less likely to be a gender pay gap because they are normally paid the equivalent rate as the person they are working next to if they are a man. The point that the submission makes is if you want to look at a gender pay gap, you actually have to look further up to higher paid people.