• 28 Jan 2014 6:20 PM | Anonymous

    Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that General Peter Cosgrove AC MC will take up the role of Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia in March. BPW Australia congratulates this eminent Australian on his appointment.

    We also acknowledge with respect and deep gratitude the exceptional leadership of the outgoing Governor-General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, our patron. Quentin Bryce is a role model for all Australian women. A highly respected professional in her chosen field who rose to the country’s highest rank, Ms Bryce has shown leadership, dignity, courage and commitment as Australia’s first female Governor-General.

  • 20 Dec 2013 6:49 PM | Anonymous

    Women are earning only 64 per cent of the average man’s wage and salary income Australia-wide, according to a report released 20 December 2013 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS Director Lisa Conolly said, ”While average wage and salary income in Australia for 2010-11 was $51,923, men recorded a higher average of $62,699 compared with $40,312 for women.”

    The report shows that men earn more than women in every state and territory with the gap being particularly large in Western Australia, where women earn only 55 per cent of the average male income. BPW Australia underlines the importance of continuing lobbying and pressure in support of Equal Pay for Equal Work, as well as gender equity across the world of work, from recruitment to promotion to leadership.


  • 12 Dec 2013 6:55 PM | Anonymous

    The Attorney-General, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, has asked the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to review Commonwealth legislation to identify provisions that unreasonably encroach upon traditional rights, freedoms and privileges. Senator Brandis said that the review will be one of the most comprehensive and important ever undertaken by the ALRC. “This is a major instalment towards the commitment I made to restore the balance around the issue of human rights in Australia,” said Senator Brandis. I have asked the Commission to identify where traditional rights, freedoms and privileges are unnecessarily compromised within the legal structure of the Commonwealth.

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  • 12 Dec 2013 6:53 PM | Anonymous

    The Coalition Government welcomes today’s release of the second national Personal Safety Survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash said the data from the Personal Safety Survey demonstrates the need for the Federal Government to maintain its focus on addressing violence against women. “This extensive survey builds on data collected in the first national Personal Safety Survey, and will assist in developing a strong evidence-base on violence against women,” Minister Cash said. “Shockingly, the survey confirms that one in three women aged 15 years and over have experienced physical violence, and almost one in five women have experienced sexual violence.”

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  • 25 Nov 2013 6:56 PM | Anonymous

    BPW Australia members converged on Ettalong, NSW, earlier this month for their 36th triennial conference. Clubs from across the country elected a new National President and Board, and passed a number of resolutions that will be followed up in coming months. BPW Australia awards of various kinds were announced (see BPW Awards)

  • 21 Oct 2013 7:01 PM | Anonymous

    The lone lady in a suit is always a matter of interest, whether on a listed company board or in Tony Abbott’s cabinet. Not only does it seem inequitable that women are underrepresented in these influential…

    Visit www.conversation.com

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  • 24 Sep 2013 3:08 PM | Anonymous

    Congratulations to BPW Joondalup who have presented their Equal Pay Day Event 2013 in a short video.   (Produced by Megan Bilaloski)

    To view go to: BPW Joondalup EPD Event Aug13

    Congratulations also to BPW Strathfield who have also made a video, which can be viewed at:  BPW Strathfield EPD 2013


  • 20 Sep 2013 7:03 PM | Anonymous

    The Conversation (www.theconversation.com) published on the 20th September 2013 an article from Adjunct Professor at James Cook University, Diann Rodgers-Healey.   “It would be wrong to think that gender equality in the workplace is still elusive. Even if the Abbott government’s Cabinet, with its sole female member in foreign minister Julie Bishop would seem to show otherwise. Legislatively, there has been a strengthened effort to significantly change how employers address and report on gender equality in the workplace….”  The full article can be read at:  http://theconversation.com/would-business-tolerate-the-abbott-cabinet-gender-imbalance-18398


  • 08 Sep 2013 7:04 PM | Anonymous

    This petition is asking for the Australian Government’s bipartisan support for UN High Level Panel’s Recommendation that the Post2015 UN Development Goals include the Goal to “Empower Girls and Women to Achieve Gender Equality. We know that the key to eliminating poverty worldwide is educating girls and women, providing equitable access to income, and involving girls and women in local and national decision-making.  We want a world for girls where they are free from violence, able to determine their own destiny and respected as equal citizens.  To Support this go to Petition

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  • 04 Sep 2013 7:05 PM | Anonymous

    (Click header to read the full article)  Will you let 3rd September slip by without taking any action? This Equal Pay Day reminds us of the 17.5% gender pay gap. Maybe we should just be grateful that it is less than Japan’s 28% or even Sweden’s 18.4%.    Our gender pay gap, based on average weekly earnings, means women earn $266.20 less per week.  A gender pay gap leads to more than reduced incomes – it also affects the status of women in society.  The gender pay gap crosses all sectors, and all sizes of business. BPW Australia continues to support the work of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency to ensure that the small and medium business sector has tools to readily assist them in making their workplaces gender fair. Equal Pay Alliance partner ecomicSecurity4women is focusing on women in small business at their twilight forum with Sydney University’s Women and Work Research Group on 4th September and at their Pay Equity Forum for small business in Melbourne on 5th September.   To read the BPW EPD Bulletin go to BPW EPD Bulletin 2013 or go to the www.equalpayday.com.au

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