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Plans afoot to narrow gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... cost of $531.6 million over four years, and changes to the Child Care Subsidy which is expected to see women with young children work an additional 1.4 million hours a week. The government said it is developing a National Strategy to guide whole-of-government ...

Affordable housing in Budget spotlight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... service delivery. The fund will provide 20,000 new social housing dwellings, 4000 of which will be allocated to women and children impacted by family violence and older women at risk of homelessness. A further 10,000 dwellings will be provided for frontline ...

UBS launches philanthropic arm down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... specialise in scalable, evidence-based approaches to investing. The foundation operates with four key goals: to ensure children survive and thrive; to fulfil children's potential; to free people from harm; and to protect the future of the planet. UBS ...

KPMG proposes tax offset, reform to boost gender equality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... be a non-refundable tax offset, credited against any income tax payable upon people returning to work after caring for children, people with a disability or elderly parents. The maximum amount of CARITO would be calculated as the basic offset amount ...

AFA Foundation's community impact

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... still have a lot of this going on," Slovinec said. A donation of $75 can provide therapeutic intervention for women and children and a $200 donation can help safely relocate women, children and families to a better location. Later, Youngcare chief executive ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... financial risks, especially younger men between 25-34 years. Meantime, individuals who owned a home, were married, and had children reported greater financial satisfaction, compared to those who were not home owners, unmarried and childless. The survey ...

Not enough being done to fix super gap: AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... significantly less super than men in retirement, because they earn less and take more time out of the workforce caring for children and other relatives," she said. "This is not new. We know of the problem; we know all too well the reasons. And yet not ...

FICAP raises over $120k for charity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... million. SHINE for Kids business development manager Julianne Sanders explained that for 40 years SHINE has supported children and young people effected by the criminal justice system. "Children with a parent in prison are the invisible victims of crime. ...

Adviser standards consultation commences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... female advisers as they are more likely to be working part-time or to have spent time out of the industry, caring for children or other loved ones. Advisers must also have a clean disciplinary record in order to access the proposed new pathway. This ...

Registrations open for FPA initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... projects that contribute to skills training, financial literacy, work experience, community service, mentoring and more for children at risk or suffering from hardship," Berry said. "Each contribution makes a difference to ensure young people around ...