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As part of their larger joint statement scheduled for release next week at a summit in Hiroshima, G7 leaders are expected to express concern about China's use of "economic coercion"

As part of their larger joint statement scheduled for release next week at a summit in Hiroshima, G7 leaders are expected to express concern about China's use of "economic coercion"

Former professional tennis player Jelena Dokic wants women fleeing domestic violence to be able to access $10,000 from their super, revealing she was in that situation as a 19-year-old athlete.

Senator Jane Hume, the Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services, and the Digital Economy and the new Minister for Women’s Economic Security, has urged the financial services industry to h

Speaking at the Women in Finance Awards 2021, the financial services minister commended the sector for making strides in gender equality, but said a collective effort is required to increase female leadership.

Speaking at the Women in Finance Awards 2021, the financial services minister commended the sector for making strides in gender equality but said a collective effort is required to increase female le

Speaking at the Women in Finance Awards 2021, the financial services minister commended the sector for making strides in gender equality but said a collective effort is required to increase female le

Speaking at the Women in Finance Awards 2021, the financial services minister commended the sector for making strides in gender equality but said a collective effort is required to increase female le

Female start-up founders fume at Porter’s email stuff-up Save Share Embattled Industry, Science and Technology Minister Christian Porter’s office has been left scrambling to smooth over a funding bungle that left thousands of Australian female entrepreneurs disappointed when they were told they had successfully applied for government grants, only to receive an email hours later retracting the money. About 1800 business owners were sent a correction email by the Department of Industry,...

Australia’s COVID recession hurt women more than men, and not only in job numbers. With schools and childcare centres closed, many women who remained in paid work had no choice but to take on more unpaid work, effectively working double shifts. Yet much of the government’s budget response involved high-viz vests and hard hats. These gender differences would have been apparent to the government if it had run its policy ideas through a “gender lens” – a process that used to be built int...