"Gender pay gap: discrimination found to be most significant contributor to inequality", 21 August 2019

...[A] new report by KPMG...attributed gender discrimination to almost two-fifths (39%) of the gender pay gap and noted its influence on the gap has increased since 2014....

...Australian Bureau of Statistics data released last week showed the national gender pay gap remained stable at 14% with men on average earning $241.50 more per week than women.

...The economic analysis shows in 2017 the hourly wage gap was $2.43 compared with $3.05 per hour in 2014.
The Diversity Council Australia chief executive, Lisa Annese, said employers had a role to play in closing the gap but some had more power than others depending on their scale.

"There's a massive discrepancy between a big global multinational which can afford to open a childcare centre versus a small business owner," she said.

Annese encouraged workplaces to move to a shared care model for parental leave and offer more flexible work options.

...Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Libby Lyons said closing the gender pay gap required changing the hearts and minds of all Australians.

"We need to challenge our blind acceptance that women's work is less valuable than men's work. We have to accept that real and lasting cultural change is required if we are going to achieve and sustain gender equality in our workplaces and in society more broadly."

The gender pay gap is also contributing to an emerging problem of homelessness and financial struggles for women entering their retirement years.