Like many parents with young children,Sally McNamara’s working life is in limbo because of long waiting lists and rising fees for childcare – it’s a national problem under scrutiny by the consumer watchdog.
Katy Gallagher says the government is working hard to lift the number of women in the workforce and will have several measures to announce in the budget.
Women at the top of their game feel they can’t discuss the flushes,insomnia,‘rage and despair’ that perimenopause can bring. Some are retiring early rather than bring it up. One doctor wants to change all that.
What do we need to do to encourage more female entrepreneurs?
Eleven years after Julia Gillard wound the cut-off age for the youngest child for the single parent payment from 16 to eight,the government is planning to raise it.
Increasing Commonwealth rent assistance is among the policies that multiple committees have recommended to the government as it battles rising costs on all fronts.
A growing chorus is urging the federal government to fund incentives to encourage hundreds of thousands of women to work more hours.
The Treasury secretary has canvassed higher taxes on “passive income” to pay for incentives to bring women and welfare recipients into jobs market.
The Sydney-based Russian-born portfolio manager has been attracted to the diverse and unconventional since she was a girl – and it’s been serving her well.
Workers will be able to compare the gender pay gaps in different workplaces from early next year when data for all companies with more than 100 employees is published online.
The government is being urged to update laws that allow businesses to pay super quarterly instead of on payday.