Uncategorised Any perks for young people in that budget of yours, ScoMo? Will the Federal Budget address housing affordability? Youth unemployment? Tertiary/training costs? We’re not holding our breath.
News & Views ‘Significant’ funding promised to help women back to work This week’s Federal Budget looks set to deliver funding to help women transition back to work and boost women’s economic security, according to media reports today.
Uncategorised Why Australians have decided they’re #ForeverAgainstAnimalTesting with 8 million people nationwide owning at least one animal, there’s little surprise that we no longer accept the cruel and unnecessary practice of animal testing.
Business From our Auspol Brains Trust: 4 women share why cultural diversity is critical to business & government success Australia’s leaders in government and business are overwhelmingly Anglo-Saxon despite those from other backgrounds making up a quarter of our population. These politically engaged women spell out why it’s such an issue.
News & Views Labor’s promise to axe tampon tax just start of focus that should be on women this budget Finally it’s happened. A major political party has pledged to stop taxing my period, and the periods of millions of Australian women on a monthly basis.
News & Views Plan International Australia launches bold new campaign to stop women feeling unsafe after dark I’ve found myself in a number of precarious situations walking home late at night in Sydney.
News & Views Elise Delpiano appointed Julia Gillard’s Next Generation Intern EMILY’s List Australia has announced today that Elise Delpiano will be the first recipient of the Julia Guillard Next Generation Internship.
Politics Turnbull’s 30th Newspoll loss: Why Australians won’t back a white bread government Malcolm Turnbull faced his 30th consecutive Newspoll loss last night. A milestone, given his justification in 2015 for toppling Tony Abbott for the same reason. Are Australians sick of a government that fails to represent them?
News & Views Let’s not revise history: Gillard could not have raised her gender earlier There’s now greater awareness and more widespread acceptance that being a female leader is a unique and colossal challenge.
Leadership Where would we be #withouttwitter? Leading women share their thoughts Where would we be #withouttwitter? The social platform often gets a bad rap from politicians but is it warranted? We ask leading women in the #Auspol Twitter community to share their thoughts.
News & Views Women in parliament: A look at the numbers as new female politicians start With Labor’s Ged Kearney now in the lower house, and Kristina Keneally (Labor) and Amanda Stoker (Liberal) selected for Senate positions, what do the numbers look like now?
News & Views Half a billion reasons to care about teenage girls, yet the government does nothing New research from Plan International Australia looks at the huge gaps and injustices faced by women in developing countries.
