Gender Pay Gap
First Dog on the Moon
A report by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency released in February showed that, in terms of average salaries, women are still paid $18,000 less than men. First Dog on the Moon interrogates the corporate response to the report, and Senator Matt Canavan’s comments that it was ‘useless data’ and would encourage young men to follow Andrew Tate, the self-proclaimed British-American misogynist and social media influencer.
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