It’s clear some women struggle to work because of their menopausal symptoms, but help to keep them in the workforce must be provided in a way that doesn’t set them up for further discrimination.
Nudge theory is used in many sectors, but can be particularly helpful in getting people to actively engage in decisions affecting their savings and investments.
Cost-of-living increases, inflation, and energy prices affect everyone. And that matters even more when we’re amid a significant generational shift in voting patterns.
Well-off investors with multiple properties own a majority of rental homes. They have no excuse not to do the right thing by their tenants.
A new report reveals gendered disadvantage in Australia is so deeply systemic and entrenched that even the COVID-19 pandemic failed to have an impact.
You can’t save the planet on your own. Take a deep breath, take some notes from these leading experts – and then take action.
We hear a lot about the negative impact of rate rises on mortgage repayments, while little is made of the benefits of high interest rates.
Until crucial steps are taken, the current “system” of payment of academic casuals or sessional staff will continue to be an unproductive source of contestation.
The world’s collective failure to adequately address climate change alters “the rules of the parenting game”.
The budget’s back in surplus after 15 years, briefly, and there are measures to ease cost-of-living pressures, but can it tame inflation?
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has used words with specific meanings in the objective he intends to legislate, among them “preserve”, “dignified”, “equitable” and “sustainable”.
There’s an urgent need to recalibrate the mental healthcare sector so it better-serves those most in need.
The October 2022 budget marks a departure from the “blokier” budgets of recent years, centring gender equality and the care economy rather than high-vis and hard hats.
The first Labor budget in nine years, delivered against a grim economic backdrop, contains few surprises as it charts Australia's way through uncertain times and high-cost hazards.
The Coalition’s Super Home Buyer Scheme benefits property developers, not the young trying to enter the property market.
Single Australian women over 60 are the most likely to live in poverty, earning less than $30,000 a year, and it's taking a heavy emotional toll, with mental distress on the rise.
There’s a crisis in women’s safety, but the budget commitments are piecemeal – and some aren’t even new.
Unpacking where the money’s going, and what it means for you and the post-COVID recovery.
A review of vocational training and education in Victoria proposes a restructure that better connects training with economic needs.
Superannuation helps fund homeownership, and homeownership helps retirees get the pension.
While all Australians have been affected by the pandemic, there’s clear evidence of an asymmetry along gender lines.
From property to local government, economic sectors are meeting the climate change challenge head-on. Now the federal government must get on board.
Just four of Australia's 20 biggest super funds still have no emissions reduction targets or commitments.
Retirement confidence can't be easily captured by a single indicator, with social, health and wellbeing, and planning also key pillars.
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