The gender pay gap remains unacceptably and woefully high.

Across Australia, it remains a fact that women on average earn around 14% less than their male counterparts.

In the ACT though, there's an example of how you can not only close the gap - but end it.

Maddy Northam is The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) ACT Regional Secretary. She joins us to tell us how it was achieved.

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