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Advertisement “I couldn’t even get a car loan in 1962,” recalls Wendy McCarthy, AO. “I wanted a Mini Minor to drive to my job as a teacher and I remember the bank manager, he said: ‘Your father will need to be guarantor.’ “I said: ‘Well, my father’s dead.’ He said: ‘Have you got a brother? Maybe he could do it?’ I said: ‘Yes, he’s 12’.” Wendy McCarthy remembers being unable to get a car loan because she lacked a male guarantor. Credit:James Alcock McCarthy laughs at the memory, but the consequences of her lack of ...

It’s been more than a decade since Australia’s first and only female leader came to power. In the corridors of power in the capital Canberra, however, it feels there’s been little progress in the march for equality.

Gender pay gap improves as more men take on low-paid work Feb 25, 2021 – 9.32pm Share Australian women working full-time are paid on average $242.20 a week less than men - a gap that has improved, albeit slowly and mostly due to labour market shifts rather than progress on equality. Women working full-time earned on average $1562 in a week, while male full-time workers were paid $1804.20, data from the federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows. If you’re an Australian woman working full-time, chances are you will on average earn $242.20 a week less than a man.  Les He...

Women were let go in greater numbers during COVID, now they face being offered lower-paid roles to return to work ThuThursday 11 FebFebruary 2021 at 5:12pm Melinda Rodd says she feels like a year of her life has been stolen after she lost her job. ( Print text only Cancel Melinda Rodd was all set to begin her first day as a travelling business development manager for a health products company when COVID-19 hit. Key points: 98,000 fewer university-educated women had work in May last year compared to the start of the pandemic That compares to 37,000 fewer young men One recruiter says women re-e...