International Women's Day, Melbourne, 1980 International Women's Day march, Sydney, 1996 Reclaim the Night, Sydney, mid-1990s WEL NSW members displaying posters supporting the campaign for paid maternity leave, International Women's Day 2002 (WEL NSW Office) WEL-WA, Palm Sunday Peace March 1985 Eva Cox, at launch of WEL's 2004 federal election campaign. (WEL history collection, photo Gail Radford)

WEL Pre-Budget Submission

30/01/2012 — Filed under: Current issues,Latest News,submission — Comments (0)
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WEL Australia has now completed a submission which outlines WEL’s policy recommendations for the 2012 – 2013 Federal Budget.

The submission covers the following policy areas:

  1. Clean Energy
  2. Children’s Services
  3. Employment
  4. Tax Reform and Superannuation
  5. Affordable Housing

You can download the full submission here.

Vale Dorothy Symonds

13/01/2012 — Filed under: Current issues — Comments (0)

Long time WEL member Dorothy Symonds sadly passed away this week at the age of 98.

Dorothy’s contribution to WEL and the women’s movement was significant and her loss will be greatly felt.

Our best wishes and condolences go out to Dorothy’s loved ones.