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A campaign has been launched to demand equal pay for women after finding that, on average, men are paid at least 10 per cent more than women.

Pay Equity Challenge Coalition spokeswoman Angela McLeod said figures were showing the gender gap had widened from 12.85 per cent in September last year to 14.178 per cent in September this year. Other figures released yesterday in the Household Economic Survey 2012, revealed 259,000 men had a personal income of $80,000 or more compared to 92,500 women.

The campaign is calling on Parliament to do something about the problem.

Should the Govt act over the pay equity imbalance? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:

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2. Surdo Oppedere says
   "Many women make the better choice of staying home and raising children. Perhaps it is a good reminder there are more important things in life."
3. HardWorkingCapitalist says
   "It could be a product of social structure we have in society. If it is blatant sexism then that is not acceptable."
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