Category: News

Gretchen Gagel interviews Jane Sydenham-Clarke From the start of her career as a nurse to moving into government health promotion and beyond to the C-suite, Jane has worked to improve [...]

Article in Driven Women Magazine can be read here or below. Above left: Ms Bronwyn Halfpenny MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Workplace Safety at the Kangan Institute Workshop with Tayla Mcilwain, an Apprentice [...]

Lifting the Bonnet on Workplace Diversity and Mental Health "It is through grass roots programs like the workplace diversity project that we can foster better cultures in all workplaces and [...]

Radio interview on ABC Radio 7 July 2021  

The average wage across all trade types was $90,246.55 per year Tradeswomen Australia Community Foundation have introduced their 'Building Futures: Pathways to Trades' program to schools, aimed at providing female secondary students [...]

Getting more women into the trades area would see them taking home a weekly pay, earning up to $80 to $90 an hour, which would be life changing, as part of a growing need for skilled trades to rebuild Australia’s economy... Fiona McDonald, Managing Director Tradeswomen Australia

Program begins on Saturday 24 April 2021 at Victoria University's Werribee Campus    

The employment discrimination against women in the core trades of carpentry, automotive and electrical, which has remained less than 2% for over twenty-five years, has been listed as a major issue for the COVID-19 Recovery Strategy.