News & Views The budget will be handed down tomorrow night. Will we be happy or disappointed? At Women’s Agenda, we are paying close attention to the policies and announcements that will impact women in the budget on Tuesday.
News & Views How seriously is the Morrison government taking women’s economic security? Not very. Neither Jane Hume nor Marise Payne would respond to whether women’s economic security was on the agenda at the July 9th National Cabinet meeting.
News & Views Global report finds Australians want their government to do more on gender equality A new global report has found that 53 per cent of Australian respondents think the government should do more to promote gender equality.
News & Views Victorian budget benefits women in acknowledgement of gendered impacts of recession The Victorian budget has acknowledged the gendered impacts of the recession and taken some steps to address women’s economic security.
Business ‘Woefully inadequate’: Budget 2020 has failed women entrepreneurs In a budget that left Treasury with a $1 trillion deficit, the $240.4 million pledged to supporting women has been judged as dismal.
News & Views ‘If I’m PM I will make quality, affordable childcare universal’: Anthony Albanese pledges Anthony Albanese and Labor have responded to calls from Australian families and working women promising a $6 billion child care reform.
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 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.
Money Women ahead on home ownership but still trail on wealth, jobs and wages The latest ABS Gender Indicators find women continue to trail men on wealth, jobs and wages, but are ahead on property ownership.