News & Views Sorry, what?? Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the gender pay gap is “closed” On Monday, Josh Frydenberg delivered the good news at Question Time. The gender pay gap is “closed”. There’s still a 14% pay gap.
News & Views The mind boggling $300 million pay gap in Hollywood between male & female actors Scarlett Johansson is Hollywood’s highest-paid female actor. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is the highest paid male actor. But there’s a ludicrious pay-gap.
News & Views If women from the ‘lucky’ generation face homelessness what can young women expect? A new Grattan Institute Report shows that young Australians could be the first generation in memory to have lower living standards than their parents’.
News & Views Secret deodorant donates $529,000 to US women’s soccer team in push for equal pay Secret, a sponsor of the US Women’s National Soccer team, is publicly supporting the World Cup winning team’s ongoing crusade for equal pay.
News & Views How equal pay for women in sport went mainstream For the FIFA Women’s World Cup spectators to spontaneously begin chanting ‘Equal Pay!’ indicates the momentum around equal pay for women in sport.
News & Views Want to negotiate a $60k pay rise? There’s an app for that The PepTalkHer app created by Meggie Palmer is a period tracker for your career. It helps you track your wins at work & better understand your worth.
News & Views Kelly O’Dwyer responds to WEL’s election scorecard: ‘It’s not independent & ignores our achievements’ Kelly O’Dwyer says the Women’s Electoral Lobby Election Scorecard ranking the three major political parties on their commitment to women isn’t impartial.
News & Views Liberal candidate says ‘main cause’ of pay gap is women lacking the business skills to earn more Sachin Joshi, the Liberal candidate for the NSW seat of Paterson says the gender pay gap is because women don’t have the ‘business skills’ to earn more.
News & Views No, I can’t be your unpaid mentor. I cannot endlessly have coffee with people I hardly know, indiscriminately read manuscripts, research proposals or judge competitions, Jane Caro writes.
News & Views Stop assuming having a baby means a woman only wants a part-time job Alice Almeida has 17 years’ experience in media yet after having a baby was offered only entry-level roles paying $70,000 less than her last salary.
News & Views ‘Why I worry we won’t get the change we need’: A reality check on IWD On IWD 2019 Rob Sturrock reflects on whether we can achieve the change needed to dismantle the patriarchy. There is hope but the task is big.
News & Views Confession: I (still) hate International Women’s Day Women don’t need a pedestal for a single day, they need equality. Every day. Which is why I still hate International Women’s Day.