News & Views Treasurers call to increase male participation in the care workforce Targeting more men to work in the care sector is one proposal the board of treasurers’ has submitted to address workforce shortages.
News & Views ‘Inequality on steroids’: Australia’s economic growth is leaving 90 per cent of income earners behind Australia’s economic growth is only benefiting the top 10% of income earners, according to a new report from The Australia Institute.
Soapbox Why we need allies to step up in support of the Voice The Liberal party will oppose a Voice to Parliament. If we don’t have bipartisanship, it’s even more important for allies to step up.
Politics ‘Loophole in the law’: Greens call for Victorian government to protect breastfeeding in public courts Following the recent ejection of a breastfeeding woman from a Victorian court, the Greens are calling on the state government to update laws.
News & Views Employers with 100+ workers will be required to publish gender pay gap data as new bill passes parliament The gender pay gap bill passed Parliament today. Now, the gender pay gaps of employers with 100 or more workers will be published.
News & Views Coalition MPs injure female House attendant while trying to avoid a vote A group of Coalition MPs have been reprimanded after injuring a female House attendant while trying to avoid a vote on Tuesday afternoon.
Politics Meet the two women running for a high stakes byelection this weekend Who are Mary Doyle and Roshena Campbell, the women running for Melbourne’s outer east seat of Aston, and what do their policies look like?
News & Views ‘Generational change’: South Australia becomes first state to legislate Voice to Parliament South Australia has become the first Australian state to legislate an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Crowds cheered the news on Sunday.
News & Views A “no” vote in the Voice referendum would put a serious dent in Australia’s image abroad We are so far down this referendum road that not to reach the destination would have very wide fallout, writes Michelle Grattan.
News & Views ‘Highly gendered’: New report examines the depth of poverty in Australia New report shows women as the main income-earners for their household experience almost twice the level of poverty as male counterparts.
Appointments Nova Peris OAM appointed Co-Chair of The Australian Republic Movement The Australian Republic Movement (ARM) has appointed Nova Peris OAM and Craig Foster AM as Co-Chairs. Both advocates are former athletes.
News & Views Perrottet’s child trust fund policy dusts off an idea last tried by UK Labour There’ve been a few experimental programs in Canada and the US. But the most similar to the NSW proposal is the UK’s Child Trust Fund.