Despite concerted advocacy and some action to tackle issues of gender equity in Australia, gender gaps persist across a variety of areas. This report examines the root cause of the gender gap, and what Australia stands to gain by tackling it.

This edition of the Gender Equity Insights series looks at Australia’s gender pay gap and finds that it could narrow by a third if a more balanced gender concentration was achieved across all industries and occupations.

This edition of the Treasury Round Up looks at a range of issues that affect productivity in the Australian economy.

The Jobs and Skills Summit brought Australians together to work constructively on the challenges and opportunities facing the Australian labour market and economy. A major objective emerging from the summit was the promotion of full employment and growing productivity for the benefit of all Australians.

In this paper, the Business Council of Australia examines the systemic structural, cultural and economic barriers that still exist in childcare, Paid Parental Leave (PPL), superannuation and acquiring skills, that all have direct economic consequences on women’s future economic security.