WAVE in 2016

Read about WAVE’s activities over the last year

WAVE in 2014

Read about WAVE’s activities in 2014.

CEDA report on VET

The September report for the Committee for Economic Development for Australia (CEDA) on vocational education and training.  The report contains significant recommendations for change CEDA VET Report August...

Talking to the politicians

Find out more about what Tanya Plibersek and Karen Andrews have to say about women and girls in VET

Equal Pay Day

Equal Pay Day

Tomorrow, Thursday 8th September, is Equal Pay Day 2016. Equal Pay Day marks the additional time from the end of the previous financial year that women must work to earn the same as men. The date is calculated with reference to the national gender pay gap, which is currently 16.2%. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency determines the national gender pay gap using Average Weekly Earnings data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This data shows that over the previous twelve month period on average men working full-time earned $1613.60 per week, while women earned $1352.50 – a difference of $261.10 per week....