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Boys' clubs cost companies: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022
... company secretariat. The study's authors concluded that to boost executive diversity - and therefore company performance - women need to be in the positions that are considered a pipeline to chief executive. Having female executives exclusively in functions ...

Vanguard Personal Investor sees Delta boom

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... investments puts you in good stead for when the market rebounds." The study also highlighted the difference in how men and women approach investing, with women more diversified, more likely to invest in unlisted managed funds than males, more heavily ...

Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... pay gap in financial services in Australia is 26.9% while the gap for part-time workers is around 29.5%. On International Women's Day this year, the UK government announced an initiative to combat the gender pay gap, encouraging employers to include ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... retirement outcomes for more Australians" and will "enable consumers to plan for retirement with confidence". However, the women of Australia may disagree. Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart said the Budget short-changed women, saying paying ...

COVID not only health issue on Budget radar

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... will benefit nearly 2.5 million Australians. Sufferers of endometriosis - a disease which effects one in nine Australian women - were also recognised in this year's budget. A total of $58 million will be spent as part of a dedicated endometriosis ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... income test to have an additional household income threshold of $350,000, per year. This addition is expected to benefit women who are the main breadwinner for families.

Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The new Federal Budget includes a series of measures aimed at addressing issues that impact women's health, safety and economic success. Most notably, the government has committed to modernising the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme - which currently ...

Excise tax, super top budget worries

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... fuel costs," he says. Commentary surrounding the election also indicates the government is considering measures to entice women to vote for the Liberal National Party, with evidence suggesting Morrison is not popular with women. Industry Super Australia ...

Budget to back aspiring homeowners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... housing market with a deposit of as little as 2%. Frydenberg reported that of total guarantees issued so far, 52% went to women, above the market average of 41% of home loans going to women, meanwhile 85% of Family Home Guarantees were taken up by single ...

Accountants lobby for 10 budget reforms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... accounts. "The superannuation 'glass ceiling' is real, and these two steps could go a long way to making things fairer for women, allowing them to make more contributions later in life and catch their super balances up to their male peers," CA ANZ group ...