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April 1, 2010
ABC Online The Drum
Paid Parental Leave is not a woman-only issue, nor is it about welfare.
It is a matter of national importance as it gives Australian babies the best start in life, families the financial security needed to maintain their two-income household and ensures women can maintain a long-term attachment to the workplace.
The Coalition's Paid Parental Leave scheme is a wag... Click here for full story
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March 13, 2010
Australian Financial Review 13 March 2010
Taking parental leave in Australia is not for the faint hearted. Men will call it something else, for example study leave or a holiday. Women know it can put the mortgage in jeopardy and change their employer’s perceptions about their commitment to a career and the company.
This is why mandating an adequate, universal, Paid Parental Leave (... Click here for full story
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March 8, 2010
ABC The Drum Unleashed 8 March 2010
International Women's Day will be celebrated in Australia and around the world on Monday 8 March.
On May 8, 1857 New York women employed in the clothing and textile industry finally took to the streets to demand better wages and conditions. Half a century later, in 1908, 15,000 women again marched in New York, and some went on strike, demanding better condi... Click here for full story
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January 6, 2010
The Irish storekeepers had a saying: “don’t ask for credit; our refusal may offend”.
The Labor Party seems to think however that you only need to ask, in order to be granted flexible working arrangements and an extra year of unpaid parental leave. Delivering workers the right to have a conversation with the boss is laughable.
Labor’s astonishing non-action is now newly embedded in Australia’s Na... Click here for full story
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