Politics No serious conversation about creating jobs can overlook early learning & care Free childcare would generate $48billion per year, 255,000 full time jobs in the sector & free up the equivalent of 850,000 ft workers.
Politics The 2022 Election will be different “Whichever way you cut it, the May 2022 Federal Election will be different because we are a different nation in a different world.”
News & Views A note about privilege & power A video demanding action to ensure ALL women can enjoy safety, respect & equity has sparked a conversation about women, power & privilege.
News & Views We Must Act Now: Women unite ahead of IWD to call for Safety, Respect & Equity An alliance including Grace Tame, Brittany Higgins, Larissa Behrendt, Madison de Rozario & Christine Holgate call for Safety Respect Equity.
News & Views 10 things that will dramatically improve the lives of women in Australia. Now. Women in Australia remain underpaid, undervalued, underemployed & unsafe in ways men aren’t. Women for Progress call for change.
News & Views Brittany Higgins & Grace Tame believe things can – and must – be different Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame both believe – fervently – that a better future is not an abstract hypothetical. It is a choice.
News & Views When two-thirds of parents don’t think returning to school is safe we have a problem A national survey of 3043 Australians by The Parenthood found that 66% of parents don’t believe it’s safe for school to return as planned.
Politics No, Prime Minister, ‘push through or lock down’ are not the only options ‘Push through or lockdown’ overlooks the valid alternative between those options: to live safely with the virus.
News & Views The motherhood penalty costs the average working woman in Australia $876K: New report The failure of Australia’s parenting policies means the motherhood penalty costs the average working woman $696K in earnings & $180K in super.
News & Views Want a better deal for children, parents & women? #ParentsUp is the campaign for you In 2022 let’s demand expanded paid parental leave & universal access to early childhood education & care. Join #ParentsUp for a better deal.
News & Views No Pauline Hanson doesn’t need yet more airtime Senator Pauline Hanson has been promoting and amplifying bigotry and racism that enables this shameful gap to flourish for decades.
News & Views Anne Ruston: ‘We need to be brave enough to act when victims speak up’ Minister Anne Ruston shared a tweet at the Women’s Safety Summit saying ‘We need to be brave enough to act when victims speak up’.