Uncategorised Earning 20% above the minimum wage? Congratulations! Now pay off that degree, save for a house, sort out your retirement and find somewhere to live I’ve said it beforebut I’ll say it again.
Ed's Blog We must make paid parental leave women in small business friendly What happens when you run a small business, and give birth?
Politics How women in Australia gained the right to vote. How women in Australia got the right to vote. It was no gift, it was the result of concerted activism led by a group of white, middle-class, urban women.
Uncategorised Who has time to buy a house anyway? The stress, debt and hard work ahead for the 22-year-old woman Senator Derryn Hinch believes that owning your own home is not a ‘right’ in Australia, but rather a ‘dream’ that everybody wants to achieve.
Uncategorised When men talk gender diversity and the lies that are told to women I’m not going to thank men for attending women’s conferences and events.
Politics George Brandis offended at being called a ‘white’ man as Section 18C changes voted down The Senate has rejected changes to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act that would have seen it weakened through replacing the words “offend, insult or humiliate” with “harass” and “intimidate”.
Politics Penalty rates gave me independence & the chance to escape poverty. Penalty rates held out a promise that if we worked hard just maybe we might escape the poverty trap which is why cutting penalty rates hurts.
Soapbox Wendy McCarthy: It’s 3 steps forward and 1 back for child care and early learning The childcare reforms passed by the Senate last week – the biggest in a decade – will reward some women and their children and punish others.
Local 7 things every parent needs to know about the new childcare package So after three years, three Senate Inquiries, one Productivity Commission Inquiry and two elections the Government finally managed to get its childcare (“Jobs for Families”) package through the Senate last week.
Politics ‘You have no idea how bloody tough it is’: Jacqui Lambie’s emotional speech about living on welfare as a single parent Senator Jacqie Lambie broke down in Parliament Wednesday night while sharing her personal experiences living off a disability support pension for seven years, while raising two kids as a single mother.
Ed's Blog Another day, another childcare centre visited by politicians Today Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited another childcare centre for yet another childcare announcement.
News & Views One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts says ‘some girls like being wolf-whistled’. ‘Some girls like being wolf-whistled’ according to One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts. He told Patricia Karvelas that some think it’s wonderful.
