ARA Wrap-Up: Federal Budget 2022

The Albanese Government’s first Federal Budget painted a concerning picture of global economic pressures, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers hosing down expectations for broad cost of living measures or far-reaching new investment programs outside of those announced.

For 12 days in November, the world will gather in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for one of the most important events of the year, COP27

The Australian Tax Office is providing ARA members with a comprehensive guide for businesses this tax time. Included in this guidance is information on business deductions, tax return lodging, keeping business records, how to claim home-based business expenses, calculating motor vehicle expenses, PAYG and TPAR reporting, and much more.

Gender Equality Case Study: Mecca

According to data from the Australian Tax Office, women in Australia arrive at retirement with 20.5% less in superannuation than men, with women more likely to live in poverty in retirement. This gap will only increase due to the impacts of the pandemic, which has widened the gender pay gap due to female dominated industries being worst hit, and women often being in casualised work.

Albanese Government progressing on election promises and workplace harassment reforms

The Government’s start to the second sitting period was dominated by climate change, as its headline 43% emission reduction by 2030 target passed both houses with amendments accepted from independent senator David Pocock in the upper house.

Gender Equality Case Study: THE ICONIC

Design and build of the Executive team and Senior Leadership team consciously focused on creating a balance of gender, variety in thinking styles, backgrounds and ensuring the composition of leadership is diverse. 

Gender Equality Case Study: Australia Post

This program is designed to deeply understand the experiences of women in our operations (deliveries) network and seek opportunities and gaps where we can develop a more inclusive culture, with a longer term outcome of increasing the representation of women across all levels of our network.

Gender Equality Case Study: THE ICONIC

Our partnership with Mentor Walks is anchored around having mentoring accessible for our female Senior Leaders to mentors from a diverse backgrounds. The initiative launched in March and was made available to 21 leaders within THE ICONIC.

Gender Equality Case Study: 7 Eleven

A key element of our transformation to agile ways of working at 7-Eleven was redefining how we value and reward work and the contribution our people make.​ Our ‘contribution model’ replaces the traditional approach to development and pay conversations with an objective assessment of the contribution an employee delivers to the organisation across three core capability streams – their Craft or profession, Leadership and Business Acumen – capabilities deemed critical to the achievement of 7-Eleven’s strategic goals.

Gender Equality Case Study: Kmart

Kmart’s mission is to make “everyday living brighter” for our customers and from a team member perspective to make sure Kmart is “A great place to work and grow together “. Achieving gender balance is both aligned with and contributes to achieving both objectives.

Gender Equality Case Study: Mecca

According to data from the Australian Tax Office, women in Australia arrive at retirement with 20.5% less in superannuation than men, with women more likely to live in poverty in retirement. This gap will only increase due to the impacts of the pandemic, which has widened the gender pay gap due to female dominated industries being worst hit, and women often being in casualised work.