Can’t pay their fair share of tax, or close the gender pay gap   
2026-03-03
greens.org.au
The Greens welcome the release of employer-level gender pay gap data by WGEA today, a move that we have long called for, but it’s alarming to see many of the employers with enormous gender pay gaps are the same big corporations that aren’t paying their fair share.

We also welcome the release of public sector data. The data shows the public sector is significantly outperforming the private sector, demonstrating the importance of government action to address gender inequality.

Lines attributable to Greens leader in the senate and spokesperson on women, Senator Larissa Waters:

“Closing the gender pay gap is a task for both employers and government.

“While the overall gap has slightly narrowed over the past year, more than 70 per cent of workplaces still have a gender gap favouring men, and 45 per cent of workplaces have actually gone backwards and now have a worse gender pay gap than the year before. The banking sector remains one of the worst offenders.

“Many of the big employers with massive gender pay gaps are also the ones who aren’t paying their fair share of tax.   

“Virgin paid $0 tax in 2023-24, and today’s data reveals they have a current gender pay gap of a whopping 44 per cent.

“Qantas has a gender pay gap of 40 per cent, and despite raking in $21 billion in revenue, paid just $8m in tax.

“And it isn’t just our national airlines that are underpaying women and their fair share of tax. Santos, Chevron, all pay $0 tax and have a current gender pay gap above 20 per cent.

“We already know these big corporations aren’t paying their fair share of tax, today’s data confirms they aren’t interested in closing the gender pay gap either. 

“Private companies with massive, and even growing, gender pay gaps are still receiving millions in government contracts. Procurement is a powerful lever to lift private sector performance. The government needs to flex that power and refuse to engage companies that can’t take the gender pay gap seriously.”

whiteknight wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 3:00pm:







This from people who cannot tell what a woman is.

We have a Federal Labor Government, ‘’champions of the working classes’’.
Why do they not legislate to make paying different rates based on gender illegal?

Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 8:18pm:


You know it already is - however that latest figures are that women per actual hour worked are paid an hourly rate at least 8% higher then men on wages and salaries.

It's just the usual pack of lies.

Frank wrote on Mar 8^th, 2026 at 4:57pm:


Is it someone worth half the pay ?

According to the most recent World Bank data, more than $22 billion was sent out of Australia in 2025, while estimates from Money Transfer Australia for the previous year using World Bank, ABS, KNOMAD, and DFAT figures put total migrant remittances at $38 billion.

Revive Australia released a policy paper this week warning that rapidly increasing remittance outflows had become a “major national economic issue”, and that money being sent out of the country should be taxed at 30%.

Director Brian Marlow said the Australian government needed to follow the Trump administration, which has already imposed a remittance transfer tax, and be prepared to go “much further”.

“Remittances are a form of wealth extraction. Plain and simple,” Mr Marlow said.

“Australia provides the jobs, the wages, the infrastructure, the public services and the stable economy that allow this money to be earned. Billions are then transferred overseas to support foreign households and foreign economies.”

“Australia should retain a share of that wealth.”




https://www.reviveaus.com/insights/media-release-remittance-tax

Frank wrote on Mar 9^th, 2026 at 10:38am:


You're almost right.

There is no difference in the minimum that must be paid.

All employees must be paid at least the same minimum rate outlined in their relevant industrial instrument.

However, there is absolutely nothing stopping a company from paying someone more for doing the exact same job as the person next to them.

Frank wrote on Aug 16^th, 2026 at 8:02pm:


So, I was correcting your mistake.

It's a full-time job.