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People earning less than $126,000 a year will face a tax hike from next financial year, and it’s women who will be hit the hardest.

This IWD, let’s look beyond the male-dominated construction sector as being key to the COVID recover. Women copped a triple-whammy

US President, Joe Biden has laid down an emphatic and unequivocal position on the pandemic fallout impacting women.

Many of Australia’s top economists have indicated the JobSeeker rate should increase by at least $100 per week, writes Peter Martin.

The Victorian budget has acknowledged the gendered impacts of the recession and taken some steps to address women’s economic security.

There would have been twice as many job losses over the first half of 2020 without the JobKeeper scheme, the Reserve Bank has found.

According to data from the ABS, female enrolment in tertiary education dropped by 86,000 when comparing May 2020 to May 2019.

For 30 years up until 2014, a statement of budget measures that disproportionately affect women was published at budget time.

Will the budget consist of stimulus measures from which men, and male dominated industries, stand to disproportionately benefit?

Melody Jarvis’ online platform Shop My Town helps brick and mortar business in regional areas build a presence online and sell their products.

Thousands of educators in long day childcare services across Melbourne have no guarantee of income for at least the next 6 weeks.

Unlike previous recessions, young women, especially those aged 15-24, are over-represented in the hardest hit industries, and have been harder hit than men.