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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 Porterâs email stuff-up Save Share Embattled Industry, Science and Technology Minister Christian Porterâs 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, saying their expression of interest application to the Boosting Female Founders Initiative grant wa...
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 into the government’s budget decision-making. Promises of A$1.7 billion in childcare relief in Tuesd...