These position papers have been developed by NFAW’s Social Policy Committee to summarise 2020-2021 Budget measures of importance to women in Australia. It also contains a summary of modelling on the impacts of increased government expenditure in the care sectors - see Appendix A.
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.
NFAW is dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Australian women, including intellectual, cultural, political, social, economic, legal, industrial and domestic spheres, and ensuring that the aims and ideals of the women’s movement and its collective wisdom are handed on to new generations of women. NFAW is a feminist organisation, independent of party politics. These position papers have been developed by NFAW’s Social Policy Committee to summarise 2019 Budget measures of importance to women in Australia.
Budget 2018-19 is not a great Budget for Women. That said, it is the first Budget for some time when there have been two women (Sen. Michaelia Cash and Kelly O’Dwyer) members of the Expenditure Review Committee, and where the Minister for Women (O’Dwyer) is an avowed feminist and has expressly required the Office for Women to assist her in her role on the ERC.
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).
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.
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.
With ABS data on wages and employment producing disquiet about the growth forecasts underpinning this Budget, there is cause for concern about the overall economic environment. The reports on housing affordability set against the news on incomes equally are causes for apprehension. NFAW is quite clear in its view that women and girls can only benefit from a strong economy where there are realistic plans for bringing the Budget back into balance over the cycle.
Budget 2016-17 fails to bring Australian women into the centre of the economy and pushes many further into poverty. Cuts to overseas aid hurt vulnerable women in our region.
