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Changes to paid parental leave and a $1.3 billion down-payment on the new plan to end violence against women headline the Coalition’s pitch to female voters.

Dad and Partner Pay will now be combined with Parental Leave Pay to create a single scheme with parents to have access up to 20 weeks of leave to divide up between them as they choose.

With inflation tipped to climb above four per cent for the first time in 14 years economist Chris Richardson said Budget handouts would make an interest rate rise more likely in 2022.

In this year’s Federal Budget, the Government has announced specific measures which will benefit women including changes to Paid Parental Leave.

The Government has announced a series of measures and one-off payments to help Australians cope with the increased cost of living.

Rest and Women in Super have urged Parliament to prioritise superannuation legislation that will improve retirement outcomes for low-income Australians earning less than $450 a month.

Centrelink has introduce a new $750 COVID-19 support payment called the Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment.

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Date Time Cuts to social security a heavy blow to migrants Tuesday’s Federal Budget delivered a heavy blow to migrants and permanent residents, increasing the time they must wait to be eligible for social security safety net payments by four years. This is despite the fact that the Budget relies heavily on migrants for much of the heavy lifting of economic recovery, in terms of population and economic growth, as well as for meeting critical skills shortages. In the Budget the Morrison Governm...

That Australian women earn less than Australian men is well-known. The latest calculation put the gap – the extent to which the average female full-time wage is less than the average male full-time wage – at 13.4%. Women are also less likely to be employed than men, about 14% less likely, in part because women give birth to and are more likely to care for children. What is less well known is that women are 32% less likely to work full-time than men and have an average commute that is 20% sh...