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Explore our collection of evidence-based policy papers, organised by topic. These papers reflect NFAW’s ongoing work to inform and influence policies that impact women and girls across Australia.

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NFAW Annual Dinner with guest speaker Prof Helen Christensen

The 2020 Annual Dinner was held at the National Press Club on Monday 9 November 2020. The Guest Speaker was Professor Helen Christensen AO, Director and Chief Scientist of Black Dog Institute (BDI).
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22 July, 2020

NFAW Preserving Women’s Gender Lens History

NFAW is developing a major initiative to create an interactive digital history wall of ‘Australia’s Gender Lens Champions through the Decades’ as a traveling museum exhibit to mark 100 years of Gender Lens Champions.
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22 July, 2020

Vale Sue Salthouse

"Sue was a  longstanding and very valuable member of the NFAW Social Policy Committee. Her contribution to society on behalf […]
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21 July, 2020

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.
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28 July, 2019

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) […]
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19 March, 2019

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.
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22 December, 2018

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.
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18 December, 2018

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.
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9 May, 2018

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).
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31 May, 2017
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