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Here is my (cut short) #JobsSummit speech. The summit certainly didn’t deliver everything I wanted for people with disability, but as a queer, disabled woman it was an immense honour to be in the room. Here’s a🧵on a few behind the scenes takeaways from my time there. 1/
Firstly, this is in no way the end. I spoke to @billshortenmp Fri night who is keen to speak this week to look at what other outcomes from the #NDIS Jobs & Skills Summit we can immediately progress. Again, I thank him & his team for their support in getting me to the summit. 2/
Following announced Aged Pension changes, allowing older Aussies to work w/o losing their pension, I made a b-line for @JEChalmers & strongly pointed out that the economic benefits also apply to changing the DSP. He heard me & committed to work on it. I will hold him to that. 3/
🧵 'Cometh the hour, cometh the women. For so long, men in suits have dominated the public realm, but wherever you look now the leaders shaping debates, nudging policy and making decisions are women.'
smh.com.au/national/extin… #auspol 1/
smh.com.au/national/extin… #auspol 1/
'It’s as though Australia emerged from the manosphere after the May election into a different world altogether. One where summoning a mental picture of a cabinet minister is...'
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bit.ly/3Q43u1E 2/ #auspol
'One where summoning a mental picture of a cabinet minister is just as likely to conjure a woman in a stylish lemon-yellow pantsuit as a suited man wearing a blue tie.'
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This picture of Australia's #gendergap in earnings shows that progress in closing the gender gap has been plateauing since 2018
Women's average full-time weekly pay is $264 less than men's, equivalent to a 14.1% gap
This adds up to a gap of $13,723 over a year
#genderpaygap
Women's average full-time weekly pay is $264 less than men's, equivalent to a 14.1% gap
This adds up to a gap of $13,723 over a year
#genderpaygap
Industries with the widest #gendergap in earnings in the Australian workforce
👩💻Professional services 25.3%
👩🏽⚕️Healthcare & Social assistance 22.2%
💵Financial services 19%
👷🏽♀️Construction 18.8%
🏘Real estate 17.4%
🚜Mining 16%
#genderpaygap #genderequality #womenintheworkforce
👩💻Professional services 25.3%
👩🏽⚕️Healthcare & Social assistance 22.2%
💵Financial services 19%
👷🏽♀️Construction 18.8%
🏘Real estate 17.4%
🚜Mining 16%
#genderpaygap #genderequality #womenintheworkforce
Compared to the nation-wide average of 14.1%, the gender gap in weekly full-time earnings swells to 22.4% in Western Australia
#genderpaygap #genderequality #ausecon #womenintheworkforce
#genderpaygap #genderequality #ausecon #womenintheworkforce
1. I am going to start an endless thread calling for the uni fee increases to be undone.
It will start very respectful. I’m very hopeful @JasonClareMP et al will do the right thing, on this and many other issues.
But I will not let the issue slide away like last time.
It will start very respectful. I’m very hopeful @JasonClareMP et al will do the right thing, on this and many other issues.
But I will not let the issue slide away like last time.
2. My welcome to government let’s get it done greeting belongs in this endless thread:
3. And this one. That the LNP did this to our kids and young adults despite what they went through the past couple of years was intolerable.
But I know Labor know this and anticipate a fix is close.
But I know Labor know this and anticipate a fix is close.
