Australia sees modest pay gap progress as women earn $28,000 less than men
Australia’s gender pay gap continues to shrink, with new data revealing meaningful, though uneven, progress towards fairer and more equitable workplaces. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s (WGEA) 2024–25 Gender Equality Scorecard, released today, shows the national gender pay gap has fallen an above-trend 0.7 percentage points to 21.1%. It means that for every $1 earned […]
Historic $16 billion cut to student debt comes into effect
Millions of Australians have had their student loans cut as the federal government’s 20% debt reduction measure comes into effect. The one-off debt reduction measure will benefit over three million Australians with the first 100,000 having received notifications via SMS text message, email or their myGov inbox. The Australian Government’s Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 per […]