News & Views Australia urgently needs more tradespeople. Could women fill the gap? Women’s representation in skilled trades sits at just 3 per cent, indicating a vast, underutilised resource that could play a pivotal role.
News & Views Research: the ‘brutal reality’ of Australia’s housing crisis and what it means for women Two thirds of Australians are experiencing housing stress amid the ‘brutal reality’ of the country’s ongoing housing crisis.
Local Housing and small business portfolios go hand-in-hand, Julie Collins says Small Business Minister Julie Collins says the housing and homelessness portfolios complement the needs of today’s small business sector.
News & Views A mum’s nightmare: Australia’s housing crisis Rather than become a country that treats housing just as an investment that deepens inequality, we can give families a place to call home.
News & Views Small businesses are renting apartments to house women escaping domestic violence Small businesses are making huge leaps to support women escaping from domestic violence by donating temporary housing to them.
News & Views Call issued to urgently prioritise the voices of migrant women Dr Adele Murdolo from the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health in Melbourne is calling for her government to prioritise migrant women’s voices.
News & Views This urgent reform is needed to keep victims of domestic violence in NSW safe Victims of domestic violence who are occupants, rather than tenants, need some protection too so their choice is not to endure violence or become homeless.
Ed's Blog Make no mistake: Domestic violence remains a national crisis in Australia Domestic violence is deadly. Twenty four Australian women have been killed violently in the first five months of 2018: research by the Counting Dead Women Australia researchers of Destroy The Joint indicates that at least two thirds of those were killed by a former or current partner.