Gender equality was already flatlining ahead of pandemic
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Gender equality is flatlining in Australia and the coronavirus-induced economic shock will do nothing to help its resuscitation.
Women are now more qualified than ever and more likely than at any point in the past decade to be working. Despite these achievements, the average woman in a full time job gets paid 86 cents for each dollar paid to her male counterpart. This is the same as the pay gap recorded in 2019 and is equivalent to an improvement worth 3 cents since 2010.
New Zealanders made up 12.5 per cent of the arrivals after quarantine-free rules
Kiwi Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flagged 2021 Australia-NZ travel bubble
New Zealanders are arriving in their thousands as Australians face being banned from leaving the country until at least March next year.
Australia s arrival numbers surged by 20.5 per cent in November with 29,770 travellers filing through international airports - the largest number since April shortly after the border was closed.
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People from New Zealand made up the largest slice or 12.5 per cent of all foreigners coming into Australia with 3,710 Kiwis arriving.
New Zealanders are flying in but Australians can t fly out to see their family and friends. Pictured are Kiwis at Sydney International Airport in October
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More detailed October data released yesterday by the ABS, in the Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia (OAD) publication, helps to provide further context to the recent increase in monthly arrivals. The OAD data shows that October increases were driven by short-term travel, with short-term resident returns up 37 per cent and short-term visitor arrivals up 63 per cent between September and October 2020.
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Victoria’s gold stocks on rise
In an interview appearing in the November edition of Australian Mining the Geological Survey of Victoria’s Cameron Cairns outlines some of the gold projects underway across the state and Victoria’s potential for future discoveries.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Victoria is experiencing record minerals exploration expenditure, while the highest grade and lowest cost underground gold mine in the world is operating at Fosterville.
With about 75 million ounces of gold estimated to be undiscovered across northern Victoria, geoscience data and knowledge delivered by the Geological Survey of Victoria is helping explorers to better understand where world-class gold may be discovered.
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