Why the 23 per cent pay gap between men and women isn’t closing

Why the 23 per cent pay gap between men and women isn’t closing

For every dollar earned by men in 2021-22,women earned about 77 cents. These graphs help explain that disparity.

  • byRachel Clun andWendy Tuohy

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Power dressing’s unsung hero is a thirty-something Australian brand

Power dressing’s unsung hero is a thirty-something Australian brand

Even in Canberra,where traditions die hard,some of the country’s most powerful people are embracing a new mode of work dressing.

  • byMelissa Singer
Call it the post-glacial period:women might finally get leave to be women
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Call it the post-glacial period:women might finally get leave to be women

For too long it’s been secret women’s business in the workplace:crippling menstrual pain. At last there’s a movement to give us time off to hit the couch in our trackies and binge on Netflix and Tim Tams,but why stop there?

  • byCherie Gilmour
They used to be called farmer’s wives. Now they’re called farmers
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They used to be called farmer’s wives. Now they’re called farmers

Faced with devastating floods,ruined roads and years of setbacks,more women in agriculture are stepping into leadership roles.

  • byAngus Dalton
Yes,sometimes women are sexist too. Let’s look a little deeper

Yes,sometimes women are sexist too. Let’s look a little deeper

If you believe,as I do,that women are no more or less inherently cruel to women than people of other genders,what is going on?

  • byJamila Rizvi
The mums building your caravans thanks to school-run-friendly shifts

The mums building your caravans thanks to school-run-friendly shifts

Some businesses are gaining staff – and industry kudos – by creating shifts that fit around the school run,making work more accessible for parents of young children.

  • byWendy Tuohy
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Bad breath and garbage cells net female scientists $25,000 research prizes
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Bad breath and garbage cells net female scientists $25,000 research prizes

Tiny changes in our breath can reveal a range of diseases in our bodies.

  • byStephen Brook
Better women’s wages ‘a prize worth going for’

Better women’s wages ‘a prize worth going for’

Sam Mostyn,the new chair of the government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce,says we cannot afford to not pay more to women in caring professions.

  • byRachel Clun
Women do extra hour a day of chores,childcare than men

Women do extra hour a day of chores,childcare than men

A new survey on the split of household activities between men and women shows that overall,women are still doing roughly the same amount of unpaid work as they were 16 years ago.

  • byRachel Clun
Is it time to rethink workwear?

Is it time to rethink workwear?

Clothing designers are as rusty as the rest of us on what constitutes work-appropriate ensembles.

  • byAmelia Lester
Her boss said:‘Sorry,because you’re pregnant,I’m letting you go’

Her boss said:‘Sorry,because you’re pregnant,I’m letting you go’

Ash Montebello stopped receiving shifts after giving her employer a doctor’s letter saying she needed to be on light duties after a pregnancy haemorrhage.

  • byWendy Tuohy