News & Views This government has acted with impunity towards women for too long The pattern we’ve seem from this government? Act with impunity and then actively seek to silence anyone who dares to call it out.
News & Views Migrants, refugees and women with disabilities all shortchanged by the federal budget After the 2020 Federal budget landed, we saw a rapid, robust response highlighting the ways in which the budget failed to “deliver for women”.
Business Women-led businesses are being excluded from the government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative The budget pledged $36 million to the Boosting Female Founders fund. But strict eligibility criteria means many women-led startups miss out.
News & Views Minister for Women Marise Payne claims the federal budget does not prioritise men over women Fronting Senate Estimates on Monday, Senator Payne, Minister for Women, rejected the assertion that the federal budget had not done enough for Australian women.
News & Views We have a government conspiring to send women back to the 1950s After Tuesday night’s federal budget announcemnt, Senator Larissa Waters writes that the government is continuing to ignore women.
News & Views Budget fails women trying to escape violence The Morrison Government has committed *zero* dollars of new funding for the specialist domestic violence services that so many rely on.
News & Views Domestic violence survivor advocates detail life-changing impact of frontline services ahead of budget Five domestic and family violence survivor advocates have penned a joint letter to members of the government’s Expenditure Review Committee.
News & Views Dear Treasurer: A federal budget wish list… from working mothers everywhere Here are a few budget ideas from working mothers that might help not only your wish for population growth but your dream for economic recovery.
News & Views Each budget used to have a gender impact statement. We need it back, especially now For 30 years up until 2014, a statement of budget measures that disproportionately affect women was published at budget time.
News & Views The COVID crossroads on women’s economic security As the disproportionate impacts of COVID-19 on women’s economic security bite, we face a critical crossroads.
News & Views ‘Debt has doubled’: Leigh Sales grills Josh Frydenberg over ‘rosy’ economic picture Leigh Sales grilled Treasurer Josh Frydenberg over the “rosy picture” he is trying to paint about Australia’s economic reality.
News & Views 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 and early childhood educators with uncertainty in the long-term.