Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

():  I thank Senator Stewart for the supplementary. Senators will know that WGEA's latest progress report was tabled this week. In the 10 years since WGEA's first report, an additional 1.6 million employees are covered by workplace gender equality reporting, and, during that time, the gender pay gap has reduced from 28.6 per cent to 21.1 per cent. Employers who've done a gender pay gap analysis have increased from 24 per cent to 68 per cent, and there has been a significant increase in employers with family and domestic violence policies in place. The report also shows there are areas where progress is too slow. Patterns of industry gender segregation have barely changed in the last 10 years. Women continue to work part time at much higher rates than men, and, in the private sector, women are still underrepresented on governing bodies. But WGEA has done an amazing job. I thank all of the staff who have contributed over the last 10 years in driving down the gender pay gap.