Budget targets women unfairly (Advocate 24 02)

For 30 years the Australian Government produced a formal statement on the impact of the Federal Budget on women. However, in 2014 the Abbott Government quietly dropped the statement.  
No explanation was given, but it was soon evident that the 2014 ‘Horror Budget’ particularly targeted women. In 2017, with the statement still not reinstated, the results are the same. More...