The major sticking point is Australia’s highly segregated jobs market by gender.
- Professor of Political Economy; Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work; and, co-convenor Work + Family Policy Roundtable, University of Sydney
Australia’s Fair Work Act recognises “spontaneous” but not “non-spontaneous” pregnancy loss.
Caring work hasn’t been properly valued for a century, in part because it is thought of as women’s work
The lack of reform to childcare - a huge cost-of-living pressure - is the biggest missed opportunity of the week.
Reproductive leave policies can help workers who are trying to start a family, dealing with painful periods or going through menopause.
A new study shows how migrant families struggle to get the childcare they need and how an easier visa system would help.
Is the budget really as “women friendly” as the Morrison government would like us to believe?
We’ve developed a four-point plan to build back better.
To be a good neighbour Australia should invest in a sustainable temporary labour migration scheme for Pacific nations.
Australia is approaching a “care tsunami” in which more people will find themselves juggling work with care of children and the elderly but experts have warned that neither major party has proposed adequate…
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