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The Australian Government’s Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality was launched by the Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher on 7 March 2024.This Strategy outlines the Australian Government's vision…
The National Women’s Alliances Grant Opportunity is open for applications, with up to $10.88 million available.Under Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality (the Strategy), the Australian Government is increasing funding…
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. In line with the…
The Australian Government is committed to achieving gender equality in Australia. Women’s leadership, representation and decision-making is one of the key priority areas of Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality. Having…
PM&C is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We work to ensure Departmental activities are child safe and to continuously improve our implementation of the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework (the Framework…
As PM&C’s First Nations Champion, the Assistant Secretary for the First Nations Policy Branch, in the Social Policy Division, and an active Mara member, I am pleased to support PM&C’s Reconciliation Action Plan for 2024–27.I am proud…
Fathers’ likelihood of using parental leave is linked to prevailing social norms, employer support and workplace culture. Additionally, all fathers prioritised the health and wellbeing of the mother and baby, and this influenced their thinking about…
The Women and Women’s Safety Ministerial Council (Council) was convened virtually today, attended by:Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher (Commonwealth)The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP (Commonwealth)The Hon Justine Elliot MP (Commonwealth)The Hon Kate Thwaites…
Current approach
The key function of WGEA is to manage a gender equality reporting program. Non-public sector employers with 100 or more employees (‘relevant employers’) report to WGEA against six gender equality indicators (GEIs) annually. WGEA…
The Women and Women’s Safety Ministerial Council (Council) was convened virtually today, attended by:The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP (Commonwealth)The Hon Justine Elliot MP (Commonwealth)Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher (Commonwealth)Ms Yvette Berry MLA (…
Overview of the WGEA Review Report
This report proposes ten recommendations to accelerate progress on gender equality in workplaces and streamline reporting for employers to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
The headline recommendations…
Date: Friday 14 June 2024Host: Dr Angela Jackson, Panel Member and Robyn Kruk AO, Panel Chair, Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response InquiryParticipants: This roundtable brought together…
Listen to Episode #77: Embracing neurodiversity in the public sector.PM&C's passionate advocates in neurodiversity recently sat down with IPAA’s Work with Purpose podcast. In…
Dear ColleaguesWhen Australians think of good government, a whole range of different associations come to mind. Some think first about policy, and how good government means making progress on complex national issues. Many see good government through…
Almost five years since the COVID‑19 pandemic broke out, for most Australians there is a collective desire to move on and forget what was an immensely difficult period. There is undoubtedly much to forget, but there is also much to be proud of as a…
[Toc]Plans for coronationHow will Australia be represented at the Coronation of His Majesty The King?The Australian Government will be represented at the Coronation by the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, the Prime Minister, and Ms Jodie Haydon, and by His…
Our privacy obligationsThe Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s Privacy Policy illustrates our commitment to being responsible custodians of personal information and our obligations to protect that information.The Department has obligations…
In interviews there was almost unanimous agreement that current funding of the NWA does not align with the performance expectations of the NWA model. More specifically, the level of expertise required for NWA activity completion, particularly around…
Lodging the Gender Impact Assessment TemplateWhere a Cabinet Submission has more than one NPP, a separate Gender Impact Assessment Template must be completed for every NPP that meets any of the 5 criteria. Where a Cabinet Submission does not have an…
PM&C is directly responsible for delivering some Australian Government programs. We also support the Cabinet as the focal point of government decision-making and assist the PM&C Secretary in their APS stewardship responsibilities. We deliver…
Australian Government agencies maintain capabilities to operationalise their designated roles under national plans. The Australian Government also maintains a number of capabilities to support whole of Afustralian Government and national…
This report provides research evidence to inform the government’s proposed changes to the federal government's paid parental leave (PPL) scheme in 2023–2026. Our report is titled Next Steps in recognition of the proposed changes:From 1 July 2023, 20…
This section presents analysis of whether (and if so, how) changes to the model in 2020-21 and 2021-22 have improved NWAs’ focus and delivery of the specified outcomes and activities.Key conclusionsChanges to the composition of the Alliances have…
There are tensions in the purposes of paid parental leave schemes between facilitating health and wellbeing of mothers and babies, enhancing women’s workforce participation, and achieving greater gender equality by encouraging fathers to share in…