News & Views Child care costs in Sydney & Brisbane now the highest they have ever been Across Australia, out of pocket child care costs are now 2.4% higher than they were this time last year according to new CPI figures.
Health A community service announcement: Covid doesn’t cancel out other health issues Any delay in seeking appropriate medical attention even in the midst of a pandemic like Covid19 is troubling. Book your health appointment.
News & Views Control, COVID19 & hope: Reflections on a totally incomparable year “I’ve wondered whether the enduring lesson from 2020 is that we’re not in control. Not the way we thought,” Georgie Dent writes.
News & Views Framing child care reform as a cash grab for high-earning women is a distraction That child care reform will benefit high-earning women is a two-bit sideshow compared to the economic and social benefits it will deliver.
News & Views How would free early childhood education & care impact your family? The Parenthood & Make It Free are co-hosting a conversation on MindHive about how free early childhood education & care would impact families.
News & Views 49 women have now been killed violently in Australia this year It’s the first time the Counting Dead Women Australia researchers of Destroy The Joint have recorded 3 women killed violently in a single day
News & Views This government has acted with impunity towards women for too long The pattern we’ve seem from this government? Act with impunity and then actively seek to silence anyone who dares to call it out.
Politics It’s close and that says everything The 2020 US Election is a tight race. President Donald Trump has defied the polls. The Democrats aren’t out of the race but it’s close.
News & Views The uncomfortable truth about Sean Connery “I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don’t recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man,” Sean Connery said.
News & Views The expert, detailed analysis of the Budget’s impact on women is here. It’s not pretty The National Foundation of Australian Women has released its annual Gender Lens report and it confirms the Budget fails to deliver for women.
News & Views ‘If I’m PM I will make quality, affordable childcare universal’: Anthony Albanese pledges Anthony Albanese and Labor have responded to calls from Australian families and working women promising a $6 billion child care reform.
News & Views That women are the losers in *this* history-making big-spending budget is shameful One third of one percent of the entire history-making, big spending budget goes to women. That’s 0.038% of around $500 billion.