Gender pay gap: Katy Gallagher calls on Dutton to reject Matt Canavan’s comments calling report ‘useless data’

Finance minister’s calls come after Sussan Ley says she rejects backbencher’s comments that Workplace Gender Equality Agency report is ‘annual Andrew Tate recruitment drive’

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Katy Gallagher has called on Peter Dutton to distance himself from comments made by Matt Canavan after the opposition senator called the release of a national gender pay gap report “useless data” that “breeds resentment and division”.

The government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency released the individual gender pay gaps at nearly 5,000 businesses across Australia on Tuesday for the first time.

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