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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.
Getty On July 13, 2021, the government announced it would be increasing COVID-19 disaster payments for eligible Greater Sydney locals and offering additional support for businesses also. If you’re at a loss when it comes to the new financial support updates, allow us to offer some guidance. Here’s everything we know about these government services, who they’re for and how you can apply for them. What’s being offered? Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that emergency disaster payments available to people who have lost up to 20 hours of work would be increased from $325 to $375 per...
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 Government has announced that new Permanent Residents will have to wait four years to be eligible for socia...
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% shorter. Could women’s shorter hours (even when working full-time), and shorter commutes be part of...