7.30 host Leigh Sales grilled Treasurer Josh Frydenberg over the “rosy picture” he is trying to paint about Australia’s economic reality, after delivering the mid-year budget update on Monday. T…
Budget fails to deliver for early childhood education
The announcement of a 12-month extension of preschool investment in the 2019 budget has left parents, carers and early childhood educators with disappointment and uncertainty in the long-term. The sho…
(Another) UPDATE: Treasury gives TWO spots to women’s groups in budget lock up
On Tuesday we reported that a number of community organisations representing women, children and Indigenous Australians, that have routinely attended the annual Federal budget lock up, had been exclud…
Women’s groups excluded from this year’s Federal Budget lockup
Eight community organisations representing women, children and indigenous Australians have found themselves excluded from this year’s Federal Budget lockup on 2nd of April. Many of the groups, w…
“Ask Treasury”: The Office for Women’s response to the Budget’s impact on women.
Earlier this week the NFAW released its Gender Lens Report which examined the impact of the 2017-18 Federal Budget on women. It included the alarming result that some women will face an effective marg…
Thousands of women at risk: The truth about family violence services
Budget night: it’s the night you expect to hear funding commitments that reflect our government’s priorities. But Treasurer Joe Hockey’s federal budget speech included no new announcements of ad…
