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Appendix 4 – What we heard: summary of consultation themes
What was heard
Several key themes emerged from consultation including:
The WGEA dataset is world-leading and gives a high-level picture of the progress being made on…
One of the key themes in the consultation feedback was the need to accelerate progress on gender equality in Australian workplaces. While progress has been made, there is more to do. Gender inequality persists across women’s economic security, women…
Parents were confused about the difference between ‘reserved leave’ and ‘concurrent leave’. In the main, parents focused on fathers taking reserved leave around the birth and at the same time as the mother, that is, concurrently. Parents thought 4…
Date: Thursday 27 June 2024Hosts: Ms Robyn Kruk AO, Panel Chair, and Dr Angela Jackson, Panel Member, Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response InquiryParticipants: This roundtable brought…
Working with Ministerial OfficesDepartmental Liaison Officers A Departmental Liaison Officer (DLO) is a public servant who is temporarily placed in a Minister's office to act as a conduit between their Department and the Minister's office.…
On 25 October 2024 the Australian Government received the final report from the independent panel appointed to review the response to COVID-19 pandemic. The inquiry reviewed the Commonwealth Government’s response to the COVID-…
On 21 September 2023, the Prime Minister the Hon Anthony Albanese MP announced an independent inquiry into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inquiry reviewed the Commonwealth Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic to…
The WGEA Review proposes targeted changes to the Workplace Gender Equality Act and its associated legislative instruments to accelerate the pace of change in reducing Australia’s gender pay gap, improving gender equality in Australia workplaces, and…
Given its rapid nature, the Review could not draw conclusions across every area of policy or service delivery. While it was charged with identifying prevention opportunities across the full spectrum of Australia’s DFSV response, the Review’s scope…
Guiding recommendation: Decision‑making processes in a pandemic need to fully account for the broader health, economic and social impacts of decisions, and the changing level and nature of risk to inform escalation and de‑escalation…
Contact the relevant areas of the departments or agencies, to identify and analyse this data and determine its relevance to each policy item. Highly disaggregated data can be sensitive, and the Office for the National Data Commissioner has guidance…
COVID-19 Response Inquiry Summary: Lessons for the Next Crisis© Commonwealth of Australia 2024 ISBN: 978‑1‑925365‑58‑0 (online)Copyright NoticeThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)Third…
On 21 September 2023, the Prime Minister the Hon Anthony Albanese MP announced an independent inquiry into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The inquiry reviewed the Commonwealth Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic to…
The care and support services being examined in this strategy are predominantly delivered through market-based models. When done well, competition and contestability in a market can improve service quality, encourage innovation, increase consumer…
The Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet advises that a State Memorial Service for Mr John Famechon AM will be held at 6:00pm on Tuesday 11 October 2022, at Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.
Dubbed ‘poetry in…
As required by the Terms of Reference, this report assesses the effectiveness of WGEA’s existing practices in the promotion and improvement of gender equality in Australian workplaces, and identifies areas of future focus for WGEA.…
Following a media query on 18 December 2023, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) identified that it had failed to transfer 78 Cabinet records from 2003 to the National Archives of Australia (NAA), in line with historical…
“We must face up to where we are falling short and look for new ways to do better … We must recognise that gender equality – while essential – does not safeguard against violence on its own. Indeed, even nations that lead the world on measures of…
Current approach
Employers report to WGEA on a small number of matters related to sex-based harassment and discrimination. This is set out in the Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators)…
In March 2022, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) published the report on the Australian Government’s 2021 Review of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (WGE Act). In August 2022, the Australian…
Effective governance is foundational to realising our RAP commitments. This involves transparent reporting on RAP progress and clarity of who is accountable for what. In this way, progress is thoroughly scrutinised and actions do not slip through…
Research, data collection and the understanding of the various ways that sex, gender, age, First Nations heritage, race, ethnicity, migration status, disability and other demographics interact is complex and evolving. The existing evidence base and…
Employee Assistance Program292. Employees, their partners, and their dependants/children will have access to a confidential, professional counselling service to assist employees to manage personal and work issues. This service will be provided at no…
Today, the Minister for the Public Service Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher announced Australian Public Service Commissioner Mr Peter Woolcott AO will retire on 10 May 2023.Since his appointment in August 2018, Mr Woolcott has stewarded the APS…
Dr Marian Baird AO FASSA is Professor of Gender and Employment Relations, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and a Presiding Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sydney. Marian is Director of the Women, Work and…