Politics

Budget Bias

Posted on: Fri 30 Apr 2021

This week, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg previewed what Australians can expect from the 2021-2022 Budget, ahead of the Budget delivery on Tuesday the 11th of May.

New research from The Australia Institute explores how the Budget is currently biased in favour of men, and makes recommendations on how to improve women’s economic security, and use the Budget as a tool to reduce gender inequality.

Eliza Littleton, Research economist at the Australia Institute and co-author of the report speaks to Breakfast’s Tom Mann and Paul Davies about how the budget’s effect on Australian women.

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