News & Views Things to consider on the new option to access superannuation early The people in our community who will be most economically impacted by COVID-19, are those who are already the most marginalised. This means women.
News & Views ‘Grossly unfair’: How Australia’s super system penalises mothers Implementing mandatory super payments during paid parental leave is “one of several things” that need fixing in Australia’s parental leave structure.
News & Views Insolvencies among women over 65 increase by 88% in a decade: UK study The latest study from U.K based site Rest Less has found a staggering 88% increase in insolvencies amongst women aged 65 and over from 2008 to 2018.
Money A man’s not a financial plan, but sadly neither is our super system Millennial women like me have grown up knowing that ‘a man is not a financial plan’. But retiring into poverty is not on in my plan either.
News & Views Financial equality for Australian women is more than a generation away The latest Financy Women’s Index shows that progress on economic equality for women has slowed over the past financial year.
News & Views Voluntary super: a good way to increase women’s dependence on men Making super contributions voluntary for people on less than A$50,000 a year, as proposed by Lib Senator Andrew Bragg, would be a backward step for women.
Uncategorised Voters want action on women’s issues, but will our leaders listen? More than half of Australians feel women’s issues are recurrently sidelined by the government, according to a new poll released this week.