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Andrew Brown, Dominic Giannini, Tess Ikonomou and Poppy Johnston

SHOCKING: Super payments on parental leave to help close the gap - What They Never Told You

Super payments during paid parental leave will help women in their retirement, the government says. (David Crosling/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian women will be thousands of dollars better off in retirement under a pledge to pay super on government-funded paid parental leave.

The policy was announced as part of the first-ever gender equality strategy launched by Minister for Women Katy Gallagher in a national address on Thursday.

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