I was recently asked these questions at a play date with friends. My response went something like this… We are told that the first 5 years of life are the most important in terms of brain health, school success and adult physical and mental health. If we agree that the highest quality care is usually […]
Mums say that Australia’s super system is “beyond our understanding, out of our control and not really set up for us”. Lets change this. In March 2013, I blogged about the superannuation gender gap and I shared this powerful infographic. Since then, the issue of superannuation has hardly been out of the headlines. In early […]
The coalition’s much heralded $3 billion paid parental leave scheme pledge is one of the few policies that it has publicly announced. As such, the issue of parental leave looks set to feature prominently in the commentary around the upcoming election. A little known issue that may not get much coverage is the motherhood wage […]
Yesterday, the Australia Institute published this powerful infographic. It reveals a 40 year superannuation gender gap of $114,000 that is made worse by time out to have kids. Much of the advice online on how we fix this gap makes it our problem. We must save more now, they say. While I agree with this logical conclusion, […]