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Legislative reform still needed to reduce gender pay gap: Greens

On the eve of International Women’s Day Greens spokesperson for Industrial Relations and Women Hon Alison Xamon MLC is dismayed at the lack of progress towards reducing the gender pay gap in Western Australia.

The latest statistics show that the gender pay gap remains stable in Western Australia at around 22% while the national gap is at 14.6% down from 15.3% from the year before. Unfortunately this means that we retain our position as the state with the widest gender pay gap in the country.

CORRECTIVE SERVICES — “2017 INSPECTION OF MELALEUCA REMAND AND REINTEGRATION FACILITY” REPORT

1720. Hon Alison Xamon to the minister representing the Minister for Corrective Services:

I refer to the Inspector of Custodial Services’ report of the 2017 Inspection of Melaleuca Remand and Reintegration Facility, and to concerns raised by the Inspector regarding the lack of privacy afforded to women in the Crisis Care Unit (CCU), and I ask:

(a) have steps now been taken to ensure the privacy of women in the CCU, particularly women using the toilet or shower;

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