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Key points The Coalition Government wants every Australian girl and woman to realise her potential. Under our Government, women continue to drive Australia’s economic recovery – with record workforce participation and the gender pay gap at record lows. Our strong economy also enables us to make record investments in women’s safety, economic security and health.
(Image: Private Media/Gorkie) After the revelation of the alleged rape of a staffer in a minister’s office, and its gross and abysmal mishandling; after casually dismissed rape accusations levelled against a minister; after yet more details of a deeply toxic and misogynist workplace culture in politics; after gender issues dominating politics for the first third of the year, the verdict arrived this week: nothing has changed. An accused sexual harasser is once again deputy prime minister. He joins an industry minister accused of rape, who discontinued his defamation suit against the media o...
Advertisement This week’s budget was an encouraging step towards rebalancing the national focus on increasing women’s workforce participation and economic security, and renewing commitments to women’s safety. A range of measures – including making childcare more affordable, the removal of the minimum threshold on superannuation, investment in the aged care sector and the funding of commitments to address domestic and family violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment in workplaces – will certainly make a difference for many women. More needs to be done to tackle issues such as th...
Yesterday creating cabinet task force that will develop a national road map using state and federal resources. the task force will be led by veteran's affairs secretary robert wilk. >> reporter: the veteran's suicide is staggering proportions. it's hard to believe 20 veterans and service members take their lives every single day. who would believe that's possible? >> the most recent data shows suicides are estimated at 20 a day and suicide veterans 18 to 24 have been rising over the past decade. first lady melania trump wrapped up her domestic tour for her be best campaign yesterday. he ende...