News & Views Who’ll most benefit from tax cuts? Rich men. We need gender-responsive budgeting, now The tax cuts are meant to put ‘money in the pocket of people’? But 70 percent of the tax benefits with flow through to men.
News & Views NSW Government launches Women’s Financial Wellbeing Toolkit Minister for Women has launched an online toolkit that aims to assist women with a range of financial tasks to ensure their economic wellbeing.
Money 80/20 rule: How to level up your savings The 80/20 rule is not about doing less work. It’s about finding the actions that hold the most value and spending more time doing those things.
Money Australian women are losing one year of progress for every month of the pandemic Every three months, Bianca Hartge-Hazelman crunches a wide variety of datasets to determine how women are progressing on economic gender equality. Her latest report highlights the pandemic’s ongoing impact on women.
News & Views Just 13 women lead world’s 500 biggest companies. And no women of colour For the first time in six years, no women of colour CEOs are on this year’s Global 500 list, and only 13 women made made the cut.
Money What’s next for those on JobSeeker or JobKeeper? Extention details revealed The JobKeeper payment will be reduced from September but extended until March 2021, while the JobSeeker payment will be reduced from September.
News & Views Melanie Perkins’ Canva is now worth $8.6 billion Melanie Perkins, who co-founded Canva, is now one of the richest women in Australia. Her company is now worth $8.6 billion.
News & Views Why a Universal Basic Income is the solution to inequity If we want swift systemic change that improves equity without risking collateral damage, we need a universal basic income.
News & Views Financial abuse of migrant and refugee women is a hidden factor in toxic relationships Spousal financial abuse disproportionately affects women and is particularly prevalent in migrant communities, writes Dr Sabrin Farooqui.
News & Views Jacinda Ardern announces free sanitary products for all schoolgirls NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern has annouced a goverment scheme to provide all school-aged people with free sanitary products.
News & Views Superannuation withdrawals during COVID-19 leave young women with a not-so-super future It’s not-so-super for young women. So why was their no gender analysis? Sarah Hill from YWCA shares the challenges ahead for young women.
News & Views We can’t derail progress: Women’s financial security depends on applying the lessons of COVID-19 Bianca Hartge-Hazelman shows how progress on women’s economic security has been derailed due to COVID-19. But there’s an opportunity to apply the lessons.