News & Views If Frydenberg’s budget is ‘all about jobs’ it will deliver for women The Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the budget is firmly focused on getting Australians back into work so it must deliver for Australian women.
News & Views Scott Morrison refuses to sign world leaders’ pledge on biodiversity & climate Other countries that have have not signed the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature, include China, the US, Brazil, and Russia.
News & Views Australian news anchor, Cheng Lei detained in Beijing in ‘highly sensitive’ case Cheng Lei kept a detailed, online diary account of China’s handling of the Coronavirus pandemic; her perspective often fiercely critical of the government.
News & Views Health experts call for free childcare, permanently To prevent an accumulation of disadvantage and health inequities throughout the life course, health experts calls for the continuation of free childcare.
News & Views Free childcare ends today. Here’s why that spells disaster Even when the end of free childcare was announced in early June it felt inexplicably premature & short-sighted. Now, it seems completely unsustainable.
News & Views ‘I’ll work with everyone and anyone’: Kristy McBain claims victory in Eden-Monaro byelection Labor’s Kristy McBain has claimed victory in the Eden-Monaro byelection, in a tight battle for the federal seat in regional NSW.
News & Views More money & jobs for the boys! The PM ear-marks $270 billion for defence The PM will announce on Wednesday that $270 billion will be spent on new and upgraded defence capabilities over the next decade.
News & Views Why free childcare is the key to economic recovery Free childcare provides the rarest of economic policy opportunities – an effective form of fiscal stimulus in the short term and the long run.
News & Views ‘Exactly what politics in Australia needs’: Lidia Thorpe to become new Greens senator for Victoria Lidia Thorpe is set to become the new Greens senator for Victoria, replacing outgoing former Greens leader Richard Di Natale.
News & Views Dan Tehan: Please note more research showing families cannot afford pre-COVID19 childcare fees New research from The Front Project & Mitchell Institute confirms a reduction in demand for childcare is practically guaranteed when childcare fees return.
News & Views ‘Children should stay home because Dorothy said so’: Senator Gerard Rennick Liberal Senator Gerard Rennick weighed into the debate about early childhood education & care, saying children should stay home because Dorothy said so.
Ed's Blog These are the five most powerful figures in government right now. The powerful Expenditure Review Committee, a sub-committee of Cabinet, is comprised exclusively of men. Is it any wonder women are missing out?