Nationals senator Matt Canavan has taken a swipe at the gender pay gap report, saying it makes young men feel “discriminated against”
Released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency on Tuesday, pay comparison data for all employers with 100 or more staff has demonstrated the stark split in workers’ pay packets between men and women.
Nationally, the median male worker makes $96,945 while the median female worker earns 19 per cent less at $78,484.
Senator Canavan said the report was flawed and became “recruitment drives” for anti-women social media identities such as Andrew Tate.
“People, young men in particular, feel like they are now being discriminated against and that’s why they’re coming to watch the likes of Andrew Tate in droves.”
Earlier, the Queensland senator joined ex-Wallabies captain turned Independent Senator David Pocock and former union rugby stars and federal colleagues for what looked like a rough touch footy match ahead of a busy parliamentary sitting day.
Early Tuesday morning, Senator Pocock was seen playing on the fields outside Canberra’s Parliament House alongside former Wallabies players including Joe Roff, Morgan Turinui as well as Mark Gasnier and players from the Brumbies.
The former rugby star appeared undeterred from attempts by Senator Canavan to block his passes, who also attended alongside Assistant Minister for Defence Pat Conroy.
Scott Morrison to deliver farewell speech
Scott Morrison will warn against a “drift of secularism” and encourage Australians to reconnect with traditional Christian values in his final speech as a federal politician.
The former prime minister will on Tuesday deliver his valedictory speech to parliament after announcing his retirement in January.
Mr Morrison, who served as Australia’s 30th prime minister from 2018 to 2020, is expected to reflect on his 16-year political career rather than defend his controversial legacy.
He will also use his farewell to urge for people to unite to “stand with Israel as we stand with Ukraine” and alert against authoritarianism in China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.
“One does not need to share my faith to appreciate the virtue of human rights, and nor am I suggesting that,” he told The Australian.
“But equally, we should be careful about diminishing the influence and voice of Judaeo-Christian faith in our Western society, as doing so risks our society drifting into a valueless void.
Upon leaving parliament at the end of the month, Mr Morrison is expected to join US consulting firm American Global Strategies and AUKUS investor DYNE Maritime, alongside former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo.
He will also a publish a book titled “Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness” in May.
PM brushes off poll concern
Anthony Albanese says he is confident Labor will emerge victorious at Saturday’s Dunkley by-election despite new polls showing a dip in support for the government.
The latest Newspoll found Labor’s primary vote had fallen to 33 per cent to the Coalition’s 36 per cent, with a Resolve poll in Nine newspapers showing similar results, with the Liberals on 37 and Labor on 34.
Speaking to ABC Radio Melbourne, Mr Albanese said by-elections were normally “tough”, but he remained hopeful his candidate would succeed.
“I think we go into it with the right candidate in Jodie Belyea … she’s not a career politician, she’s someone who’s been involved in helping disadvantaged women,” he said.
“We know it’s tough but we’re out there putting the case and we’re also saying that Peter Dutton’s got nothing to offer.”
Asked if Labor had any new cost-of living measures up its sleeve ahead of the May budget, specifically relief for pensioners, Mr Albanese argued that older Australians had benefited “greatly” from his cheaper medicines policy and an increase to JobSeeker that came in last year.
“We certainly are working on everything we can do to address cost-of-living pressures, particularly aimed at lower and middle income earners, and that’s why we did the tax cuts and all these other measures,” he said.
Mr Albanese also touched on Mr Morrison’s imminent exit from federal parliament.
“I think he had the great honour of being the 30th prime minister of Australia,” he said.
“It’s a tough job and I certainly respect the office. On a personal level, I wish him and his family all of the best.”
Ban on Aussie wine to be lifted
China’s restrictions on Australian wine is due to be lifted next month, in a significant step likely flush billions of dollars back into the economy and offer reprieve to struggling winemakers.
Trade Minister Don Farrell met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao on the sidelines of the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi this week.
It comes after China agreed to lift the 80 per cent tariff it had imposed on barley from Australia in August last year.
China blocked imports of Australian products including wine, coal, timber and barley in 2020 after former prime minister Scott Morrison called for an independent inquiry into the origins of Covid-19.
The tax on Australian bottled wine saw a trade worth $898 million in 2020 fall to just $8.1 million in the year to June 2023.
After high-level talks, it’s expected China will lift its 218 per cent tax imposed on most Australian wine in April 2020, which effectively brought an export flow worth more than $1bn per year to a shuddering halt.
It will also mark a significant thawing of relations between the two countries following Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Beijing last year.
Albo faces bruising housing stalemate
Housing Minister Julie Collins says Labor will refuse to make changes to its signature housing policy in return for support from the Greens, setting up the stage for a major senate standoff.
The Greens are threatening to revoke their support for Labor’s Help to Buy scheme unless the government agrees to wind back negative gearing and capital gains tax.
The $329m Help to Buy scheme was a centrepiece of Labor’s election campaign and will require backing from the Greens to pass if it’s likely opposed by the Coalition in the Senate.
The shared equity scheme, which would allow 40,000 first home buyers over five years the chance to co-purchase their home with the government for as little as a two per cent deposit, will be voted on in the this week.
Speaking on Tuesday, Ms Collins made it clear that Labor wouldn’t strike a deal with the minor party.
“Frankly, I’m surprised that any politician is opposing more Australians into home ownership. Particularly when there’s evidence that these programs have worked in the past and have a national program for this is a good idea,” she said.
Post-war Gaza shouldn’t tolerate ‘terrorism’: Birmingham
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham has welcomed the news of the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.
Mr Shtayyeh, who heads the Palestinian Authority that controls roughly 40 per cent of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, reportedly handed in his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday.
Speaking to Sky, Senator Birmingham said he was hopeful that a change in government would help to initiate a path of “peace and security” in Palestine.
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“Israel needs to have confidence that those who are stepping up as leaders within the Palestinian community and offering governance will do so in an environment that promotes security, that in no way tolerates terrorism or supports those who promote extremist views,” he said.
Currently, the death toll in Gaza has risen to at least 29,606 Palestinians since the Israel-Hamas conflict began in October, according to the Hamas-controlled health authorities.
The revised death toll in Israel from the October 7 attacks stands at 1,139.
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