Australia today passed legislation requiring firms with more than 100 employees to publish their gender pay gap from early next year, as part of the Labour government's attempts to improve working conditions for women, reports Reuters. In 2023, Australia's national gender pay gap was 13.3%, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed. “On current projections it will take another 26 years to close the gender pay gap," Minister for Women Katy Gallagher said in a statement. "Women have waited long enough for the pay gap to close – this government will not let them wait another quarter of a century." Australia's parliament earlier this month passed legislation increasing paid parental leave to 26 weeks, shared between both parents.