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The greatest cost to innovation is inertia and false promises. Or a federal government that simply does not want to listen.
Since 2014, we have seen successive governments move to cut funding towards Women in Technology and STEM entrepreneurship initiatives. Last year, the Albanese government committed to implementing gender-responsive budgeting, a welcome step towards “embedding gender equality into the design of policy and government decision-making”.
It then proceeded to cut $3.9m from the Supporting Women’s Mid-Career Transition into the Tech Workforce initiative. What we need is not public posturing and a plethora of promises, but real decisive action and reform.
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Research by the Tech Council that shows tech jobs are an important new source of opportunity for Australians around the country, with 860,000 people – or 1 in 16 working Australians – in tech jobs today.
It’s great to see the Albanese government has committed to achieving 1 million tech jobs by 2030, but women must be part of that solution. All of those jobs must go towards women if we want to address the gender imbalance.
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As we celebrate International Women’s Day, this is not a conversation we could have, it’s a conversation we must have. Cracking the code means grappling with gender inequality. It means having the courage to confront past policy missteps.
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It’s time for the government to act. We cannot sit back and wait while the government announces yet another review into a sector plagued by inertia and inaction.
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This is an extract from an article written by Sarah Moran for The Australian, published on 8th March 2023.
Read the full op-ed in today's edition of The Australian below:
Read the full story: Innovation thwarted by inertia, false promises and a federal government that won't listen - The Australian
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