News & Views Childcare safety: Phones banned, national worker register to be established The states and territories have agreed to several national reforms to help improve children’s safety in early childhood education.
News & Views ‘Great outcome’: 3.5% minimum wage increase is a win for women The majority of those on the minimum wage in Australia are women. From July, they’ll see a 3.5 per pay increase.
News & Views ‘Intense’: Steph Catley’s stunning goal seals Matildas victory Steph Catley stepped in for captain and penalty duties, with Sam Kerr out due to injury. Catley scored the winning goal.
Politics How removing parenting payments when children turned 8 harmed rather than help single mothers Ahead of this week’s federal budget, here’s new information on how removing parenting payments when children turned 8 harmed single mothers.
Life The three areas of health we should prioritise for ourselves You can’t pour from an empty cup – make sure to take care of yourself. You need to prioritise the areas of mental, physical, and oral health.
News & Views Here’s what’s in the Women’s Budget Statement for 2022-23 This year’s Women’s Budget Statement outlines $2.1 billion in targeted spending for women and girls to “plan for a stronger future”.
News & Views Nearly 40% of Australian families can’t ‘afford’ childcare A report uses an international benchmark of no more than 7% of disposable income spent on childcare to determine affordability.
News & Views An Open Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Women’s #March4Justice – Calling for a safe and equal Australia An Open Letter to Scott Morrison on behalf of the grassroots organisers of the #March4Justice 5050 Foundation & #CredibleWomen everywhere.
News & Views ‘Speed trumps perfection’: WHO executive director on stemming the spread of disease “Speed is more important than perfection in emergency outbreaks,” WHO Executive Director Dr Michael J Ryan says of stemming the spread of COVID-19.
News & Views Now is the time to help close the archaic ‘mistake of fact’ loophole in Queensland The Qld government referred the archaic ‘mistake of fact’ defence to the Law Reform Commission for review in 2019. Submissions from the public are now open.
News & Views Greens secure agreement on safeguards for women giving evidence at family law inquiry On Monday the Greens secured senate support for strong protection measures and safeguards for women who choose to give evidence for the family law inquiry.
News & Views Old white men dominate school English booklists. It’s time more Australian schools taught Australian books Australian books are not consistently taught in classrooms and, when they are, they more often than not marginalise female, refugee and Indigenous authors.