News & Views Why we need more women in AgTech Despite more people moving to regional areas during the pandemic, the AgTech sector still cannot keep up with demand.
News & Views Reforms to boost women’s workforce participation would solve our skills shortage problem Halving the workforce participation gap between men and women would unlock half a million full-time skilled workers, new analysis has found.
News & Views ‘Very large fall’ in female workforce participation rate in April, new figures show The fall in the unemployment rate was a lot of people decided to leave the labour market. The vast majority of these people were women.
News & Views Pandemic leaves women struggling at home and in the workplace according to Deloitte study Between November 2020 to March 2021, women’s workloads both at home and on the job have increased and their mental health has suffered.
News & Views These businesses have just launched paid work placements called ‘Encorers’ for women re-entering the workforce These six businesses including Adore Beuty are calling on encorers via a program that’s supporting women to re-enter the workforce.
News & Views Alan Tudge says child care costs less than $5 an hour. Is the new education minister gaslighting parents? Alan Tudge says child care costs less than $5 an hour for 70% of families. That’s still $13,000 a year out of pocket.
News & Views Framing child care reform as a cash grab for high-earning women is a distraction That child care reform will benefit high-earning women is a two-bit sideshow compared to the economic and social benefits it will deliver.
News & Views Why investing in high quality early education & care is a silver bullet for women On 12th October Georgie Dent will host an event with Sam Mostyn, Lisa Annese & Tarla Lambert to discuss why ECEC is so important for women.
News & Views A near fully funded childcare system will help Australia rebuild its economy, says KPMG Increasing the childcare subsidy to 95 per cent would boost GDP by up to $7.4 billion per year, at a cost of $5.4 billion, according to KPMG.
News & Views What was shared at the Morrison Government’s ‘Women’s Job Creation’ Forum Kristine Scheul, Chair of the NAWIC, attended the ‘Women’s Jobs Creation Forum’ held by the Office for Women. She shares more of what happened on the day.
News & Views The heartbreaking prospect of asking grandparents to stay away Grandparents and parents are being forced to make difficult decisions about whether grandparents care for grandchildren in this global pandemic.
News & Views Pay rises for brain builders: Why early childhood educators need to be paid more The work early childhood educators undertake is hard and valuable. Human brains learn more in the first five years than at any other time in their lives.