About one million casual workers will miss out, simply because they haven’t been with their latest employer for more than 12 months.
- Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
The hard nuts to crack are getting women into chief executive positions and getting them paid as much.
With most new jobs going to women, their workforce participation rate is growing at nine times the rate for men. But, while participation is on track for parity in a decade, pay is another matter.
There’s never been a better time for tax reform. But as governments have tried (and stumbled) over the years the burden has shifted to individual taxpayers and the latest budget looks no different.
Despite relatively stable and low levels of unemployment, workers are increasingly concerned that their jobs are at risk.
A combination of analysis and action is the most effective way to close the persistent gender wage gap.
The gender pay gap is declining in Australia, although that probably has more to do with underlying economic conditions than anything else.
Western Australia has huge amounts of sunshine and wind, yet only 7% of its energy comes from renewables. What’s more, most households in the poorest suburbs are still locked out of the solar panel boom.
The gap between the most and least advantaged areas in Australia is reflected in educational inequality.
In a recorded phone call to voters, Labor leader Bill Shorten said that “cuts to penalty rates will rip off 700,000 workers”. Is that true?
Total government spending has increased over time. But the pressure on the budget under a Turnbull government is more acute now than ever before, because spending is outpacing revenue.
In the lead up to the state election, Western Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan said WA has the highest unemployment rate in Australia. Is that correct?
Shadow minister for employment Brendan O'Connor said the labour force participation rate was in “free fall” and that this showed “people have stopped looking for work”. Is that true?
Misunderstandings about the gender pay gap diminish the importance of its impact, so it’s time to explain the different ways it’s measured.
Was Malcolm Turnbull right to say that 300,000 new jobs created in the last calendar year, with almost two-thirds held by women?
Was Opposition Leader Bill Shorten right about full time job losses and underemployment under the Coalition government?
Any government policy focused on innovation must recognise the importance of proximity.
Women receive less pay than men, especially at a top management level, and are less represented on the board of organisations, a new study has found.
We know saving is good and not all debt is bad. Where is our relationship to both?
In a recent radio interview, federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne refused to contemplate a hypothetical situation that involved young women doing all the heavy lifting under his government’s plans…
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