News & Views The Morrison Government decided to do a Women’s Budget Statement just weeks before Budget As Senate Estimates heard this week it was cobbled together quickly, within weeks of the Budget being delivered.
News & Views Australia’s current Paid Parental Leave scheme only entrenches negative gender stereotypes A new study has claimed that in the last ten years, almost all paid parental leave under the role of ‘primary carer’ has been taken by women.
News & Views Budget commitment on sexual harassment a start but systemic culture change is the end game Ending workplace sexual harassment requires us to address the most important factor that contributes to its cause: and that is culture.
News & Views Social housing prioritising women at risk of homelessness and those fleeing violence on the Labor promise list Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s plan includes a massive social housing program that would prioritise at-risk women
News & Views How to ‘fix women’ and get them to ‘Lean In’? Examine the 2021 Women’s Budget Statement We got more of the same “lean in” and “choices” crap in the Women’s Budget Statement that we have heard before.
News & Views That 2020 cash splash on construction? It hasn’t seen change for women in the sector Construction received a huge boost during 2020 funding decisions. But for women in the sector, nothing’s changed.
Politics Budget leaves migrant and CALD women on fringes The Budget certainly won’t move the needle for migrant and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) women in Australia.
Climate Australia must step up for women globally as COVID crisis continues Australia’s aid spending is on the decline, at a time when the COVID-19 crisis is hitting crisis points internationally.
Finance Federal Budget lacks grand plan for women and gender equality The Federal Budget addressed women for the first time in decades, but only because it had to. Not because of any grand strategy.
Politics Morrison government misses chance to go big and bold with ‘women’s budget’ It was supposed to be the Federal Budget that would change the game for women in Australia, but it ultimately fell short.
Girls & COVID In our regions hour of need, Australia’s budget must prioritise girls’ education COVID has had devastating impacts on girls’ education in particular, unwinding decades of progress, writes Susanne Legena CEO of Plan.
News & Views Morrison Government doubles women’s safety budget to $227 million a year. But it’s $1 billion that’s needed Over the weekend, the Morrison government announced it would double its spending on women’s safety to $227 million annually.