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Scaling women businesses can add $100bn to economy: Study

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026  |  NEWS
A new national study found that while women are starting businesses in record numbers, they soon reach a "scaling cliff" as very few grow into larger entities. The Gender Index Australia study noted a central gap in which women lead 42.2% of the nation's ...

Equal Pay Day highlights lifetime cost of gender super gap

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2026  |  NEWS
... into significant shortfalls in retirement savings. Equal Pay Day fell on August 17 this year, marking 48 additional days women must work into the new financial year to earn what men earned in the previous year, on average Australia's national gender ...

Aware Super introduces reproductive health leave

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... symptoms, and endometriosis. The leave is gender-inclusive and while many of the conditions it covers predominantly affect women, men can also access the entitlement, including to support a partner going through IVF. Aware Super chief executive Deanne ...

Wikramanayake exit highlights women leadership pipeline gap: CEW

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake's resignation highlights a gap in the economy of not having enough women in the leadership pipeline, Chief Executive Women (CEW) said. After nearly four decades at Macquarie, Wikramanayake will retire ...

Future Generation returns top 20%

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... since inception, supporting programs focused on vulnerable children, youth mental health and improving economic outcomes for women.

New initiative to improve First Nations women participation in business

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... Economics (FNE) and Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) have partnered to launch a new program to enhance First Nations women in business financial basics. Delivered through eight place-based workshops across Australia, the Financial Foundations for ...

Most ASX300 boards comprise nearly 40% women: Index

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... in 2026 from 4.3% in 2024. A minority (14%) of boards currently have one woman or none. The 12th annual report also found women hold 38% of board seats, up one percentage point on last year. AICD chief executive Mark Rigotti said the findings reflect ...

AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... said. The assessment also marked gendered violence as an urgent human right issues. This especially included First Nations women and children, culturally and linguistically diverse women and children, people with disabilities and LGBTIQA+ people.

Green moves: ACSI, WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... task now is to turn that transparency into sustained, practical and measurable impact, tackling persistent barriers for women while driving stronger, more inclusive outcomes across workplaces," she said. "This is important work for Australia's future ...

Growth of women on boards starts to wane

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
In 2025, women held 28.3% of board seats at publicly listed large- and mid-cap companies globally, up one percentage point from the previous year, MSCI's Women in Boards and Beyond report found. Nearly half (48.7%) of companies had at least 30% female ...
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