Media Releases
8 June 2009
Paid Parental Leave Best Mothers Day Present Ever
The Australian Children’s Commissioners and Guardians and the National Foundation for Australian Women warmly welcomed the announcement of the introduction of national Paid Parental Leave entitlements for Australia’s babies and their working mums and dads.
8 June 2009
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Outcomes for Australian Women
NFAW, in association with Security for Women and the WomenSpeak Alliance, is coordinating a project to assess the gender implications for Australian women and girls of the GFC.
8 June 2009
New National Women's Health Strategy
NFAW attended a RoundTable convened by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to consider strategic approaches to a new national women’s health strategy. Subsequently, DoHA offered NFAW ( and others present) a grant to assist with the costs of consulting with our stakeholders on the proposed strategy.
8 June 2009
Update on Child Care and Out of School Hours Care
In our submission to the Henry Review of Australia’s Future Tax System we discussed inter alia the losses to the revenue from taxation expenditures, and developed the argument specifically in relation to taxation expenditures and child care.
