federal budget 2020

The Morrison government dispatched Senator Anne Ruston, Senator Michaelia Cash, and Representative Karen Andrews to defend the budget.

In a budget that left Treasury with a $1 trillion deficit, the $240.4 million pledged to supporting women has been judged as dismal.

Within hours, the hashtag #CredibleWomen was trending with an army of women from all walks lamenting policy short-sightedness

What does the Women’s Economic Security Statement have in common with Working Girl? The outdated advice that women need to “make it happen”.

Dubbed the most important budget since WW2, the budget for all Australians has seemingly missed half of its population; women.

The Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the budget is firmly focused on getting Australians back into work so it must deliver for Australian women.

The Federal Budget is the Government’s most important policy tool, but it doesn’t do much for gender equality.

Treasury is considering a scheme allowing small businesses to claw back tax paid on last year’s profits, to be announced in the budget.

If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it is that no person, no country or global economy is immune to its devastating impacts.

Women experiencing domestic abuse are trapped not only by a violent partner, but by structural inequalities in our economy.