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Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Israel war on Gaza, now in its second year, has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are children and women. International medical journal the Lancet analysed this as a massive undercount, predicting the death toll was as high as ...

UN PRI bolsters APAC expertise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Wallwork. Based in Sydney, Tang has a notable background including at the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), Women in Economics Network, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), NSW Circular the NSW Environment Protection Authority ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... working conditions, wages, transport and living conditions, gendered violence, healthcare access, and social isolation. Women are particularly at risk. Reports of violence, coercive control, and sexual exploitation by female workers in the Pacific Australia ...

Parental leave super narrows gender savings gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Australians in their retirement." "Having a baby shouldn't cost you a secure and dignified retirement. For too many parents, women particularly, taking time off work to care for children not only impacts their earnings but also their superannuation ...

Australia fails benchmark for female-led funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The portfolio size of funds run by women has jumped higher this year, but the number of female-led funds in Australia lags the global average. Only 8% of Australia's funds management industry is run by women, lagging the global average of 12.5% ...

HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... on nature. Gender equality HESTA will monitor gender pay gaps and asking companies to set public targets of at least 40% women across the entire workforce. Five years ago, HESTA was voting against the appointment of all-male boards. Now just 30 female ...

Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... the retirement savings of Australian mums and to start to turn around the gender super gap - which has been widening for women in their 30s," she said. It also risks putting pressure on mums to raid their retirement savings or being forced to by coercively ...

Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... equality slowed in the past quarter; gender pay equality is expected by 2047 and ASX 200 equality equity by 2030. Overall, women are experiencing higher unemployment and underemployment. In the long-term however there is - albeit slow - progress towards ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... 180,000 families access the scheme each year; the vast majority of individuals who receive Paid Parental Leave payments are women. Modelling from Laneway Analytics shows Australian mothers have missed out on $3.3 billion in super since the scheme's ...

ASX200 boards near gender target: ACSI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank, Macquarie and Helia Group top the list of ASX200 companies with the most women at board level, but questions remain on the link between boardroom diversity and financial performance. Female directors doubled in under a decade ...