What women wanted – but didn’t get – in the federal budget
It’ll take 24 years to close the gender pay gap, 19 years for the gap in super balances to close and a whopping 139 years until female education graduates earn the same.
I wanted a Mother’s Day budget with the works – bacon and eggs with sides – but what I got was the continental, with an extra croissant.
The federal budget was like a typical Mother’s Day to me. Feet up from unpaid work for a day, a loving, respectful and acknowledging gift or two. But the next day, I found myself asking, has anything really changed on gender equality?
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Bianca Hartge-Hazelman is the author of the Financy Women’s Index and founder of the Impacter app which helps businesses with diversity, equity and inclusion. Connect with Bianca on Twitter.
