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Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Tess Ikonomou

Women leaving management roles, face 'horrible attacks'

Many women in leadership roles are stepping away due to domestic demands and online abuse. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian women are stepping back from high-paid jobs as they shoulder the burden of domestic responsibilities amid a "degradation and lack of civility" for them across politics.

Women were dropping out of management positions at high rates, Workplace Gender Equality Agency's chief executive Christine Castley said ahead of the organisation's 40th birthday.

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