PM responds to critics of pay equity bill law changes

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The Prime Minister has hit back at critics of the coalition's pay equity shake-up - saying some of the reaction has been out-of-line and unacceptable. A law change - pushed through under urgency last week - has raised the threshold for workers to prove they've been poorly paid due to their gender. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen.