Moves to bring abortion law changes before NSW Parliament welcome
Alliance Chair Wendy McCarthy said that in May the Alliance signalled a commitment to have abortion removed from the NSW Crimes Act and regulated like any other health procedure.
Update on Budget Lockout of Women’s Groups
UPDATE ON BUDGET LOCKOUT OF WOMEN’S GROUPS, TREASURY RELENTS, ONE CHAIR NOW MADE AVAILABLE National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW)…
WOB supports NSW Premier’s before and after school care plan
Women on Boards has welcomed the NSW Premier’s $120 million commitment to make before and after school care available to public primary schools by 2021.
Labor’s plan to help close the gender pay gap
Labor has announced it will change the Fair Work Act to make it clear that the Commission must consider pay equity a central objective of the workplace relations system, as well as give the Commission greater capacity and funding to conduct Pay Equity Reviews.
ACOSS welcomes move to scrap final ‘zombie’ measure
ACOSS welcomes the government’s announcement to take the last zombie measure – ‘increasing the pension age’ – off the table. The pension age increase was flagged in Joe Hockey and Tony Abbott’s 2014 horror budget which saw a range of ‘zombie’ measures targeted at hurting people who could least afford to be hurt.
Media release: 2017-18 gender lens on taxation
The changes to taxation in 2017-18 Budget will impact Australian women according to new analysis released by the National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW).
Media release: 2017-18 gender lens on the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Analysis released by the National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW) today highlights that while people with a disability were winners out of the 2017-18, women with disabilities who are less likely to be covered by the NDIS were neglected.
Media release: 2017-18 gender lens on higher education
Analysis release today of the 2017-18 Budget by the National Foundation of Australian Women (NFAW) has highlighted the impact of Higher Education changes announced in the 2017-18 Budget on Australian women.
Media release: out of school hours care
To improve women’s workforce participation more effectively, t he Commonwealth Government must enhance the availability and accessibility to families, of before and after school care for school-aged children, says the National Foundation for Australian W omen (NFAW ), a leading independent women’s advocacy group.