QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston—Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) (14:51): I'd like to thank the member for Deakin for his question and for his commitment to helping Australians to earn more. This Labor government is absolutely committed to delivering for Aussie workers. We've introduced important changes to our workplace laws to get wages moving for hardworking Australians, and we are seeing the results.
Just this week, the Fair Work Commission approved world-leading minimum pay for food delivery drivers. From Monday next week, Uber Eats and DoorDash workers will now earn $31.30 per hour as a minimum. This historic outcome was the result of new laws that the Albanese Labor government introduced to ensure that gig workers didn't have to rely on tips to survive.
Our government has also taken action to make enterprise bargaining easier, and now 2.6 million workers are benefiting from higher wages through enterprise bargaining. We on this side of the House are determined to close the gender pay gap and that is why we legislated to put gender equality at the heart of the Fair Work Act. This Labor government has backed and funded pay rises for early educators and aged-care workers because we recognised this majority female workforce was being undervalued for the work that they do.
And, of course, this Labor government has backed wage rises for our lowest-paid workers on minimum award wages, many of whom are women, each and every year since we've been in government, and we are making progress. Today's ABS data shows the gender pay gap has reached a new record low of 11.3 per cent. Getting wages moving has been a priority for this Labor government.
The ABS data today also confirms that Australian workers are, on average, earning an additional $300 per week since our government was elected. Of course, while this government has been focused on getting wages moving, what have those opposite been doing? Whether it's been Liberals, Nationals or One Nation, they have fought against our reforms every single step of the way.
The coalition bragged about deliberately keeping wages low as a design feature of their reforms when they were last in government. The Leader of the Opposition has recently heavily criticised the pay increases for aged-care workers and early educators, and One Nation has repeatedly refused to back wage increases for Australians. We know that Australians are under pressure but it's this Labor government that is— (Time expired)