Half a century after Australia enshrined the principle of equal pay, men continue to out-earn women on average by 20.8 per cent. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency scorecard identifies a small improvement in pay equity but on average men earn about $25,000 more than women each year.

A new report is warning that loss of languages in the second and third generations of migrant communities could threaten economies and communities. The report asks the question, "What are languages worth?"

Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Matt Comyn [[KOM-in]] says the bank's acceptance of a record 700-million dollar fine over its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism case is an acknowledgement of the bank's failures. The bank has admitted to the 53-thousand-506 breaches it's...