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Responsibilities of public officialsUnder s61 of the PID Act, public officials must use their best endeavours to:assist the principal officer in the conduct of an investigation under the PID Act.assist the Ombudsman in the performance of the…
The need for a safe work environmentAll workers are entitled to safe and healthy work. It is also critical to preventing physical and psychological harm. Creating and maintaining a safe and healthy workplace is a legal requirement.The Australian…
Awards in the Australian system of honours are announced at various times of the year. These are:
Meritorious awards, including the Order of Australia - announced in January and June.
Australian Bravery Decorations - announced in …
Current approach
The functions and powers of WGEA as set out in the Workplace Gender Equality Act include (section 10 of the Act):
Advising and assisting employers in promoting and improving gender equality in the workplace…
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…
The agency-level highlights report contains a summary of PM&C employee census results and includes aggregated agency data.
Signed copies of these instruments are available in the attached PDF.Thwaites, Kate LynneExecutive Council MemberI, SAM MOSTYN AC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, pursuant to section 62 of the…
Executive Summary
In January 2020, as early stories began to emerge of a new and worrying coronavirus circulating in China, ‘quarantine’ was a term largely from the history books. Some Australians had heard of the ‘Spanish’ flu and knew of the…
United Nations Day is observed in Australia on 24 October each year to commemorate the entry into force of the United Nations Charter in 1945. Through the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, the United Nations…
What we recognise and reward sends a strong signal about what we value and creates incentives for the behaviour we want to see.The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) provides awards to those who go ‘Above and Beyond’ including in a…
The Sex Discrimination Act provides that a person does not discriminate against another person if a measure is intended to achieve substantive equality. The Act authorises affirmative action – allowing a person to take special measures to achieve…
We provide clear and persuasive advice to the government on how it might best tackle the significant issues facing Australia. Our priorities include:supporting the Prime Minister in his role as head of the Australian Government and the Cabinet and…
This year marks the 21st anniversary of Australian Citizenship Day. It is an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate Australian citizenship.
Further information is available on the Department of Home Affairs’ citizenship website.
In…
The Administrative Arrangements Order (AAO) formally allocates executive responsibility among ministers. It sets out which matters and legislation are administered by which department or portfolio.The current consolidated AAO is located on the…
Documents relating to the definition of social inclusion.
Minutes and any final reports, briefs or communiqués, arising from the Secretaries’ Retreat held in late 2011.
Documents relating to the decision to reintroduce Knights and Dames into the Australian Honours system
Whether the flag is displayed flat against a surface (either horizontally or vertically), on a staff, on a flag rope, or suspended vertically in the middle of a street, the canton should be in the uppermost left quarter as viewed by a person facing…
Administrative Arrangements Order (AAOs) formally allocate executive responsibility among ministers. They set out which matters and legislation are administered by which department or portfolio.
The flagThe flag of the state of Western Australia is the British blue ensign, consisting of a blue flag with the Union Jack occupying the upper quarter next to the staff, and the state badge situated centrally in the fly.The black swan has been…
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIAPublic Service Act 1999Reappointment of Secretary of the Department of DefenceI, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with advice of the Federal…
The flag
The state’s flag dates from the days when it was a self-governing British colony with its own navy. In 1865, the then Governor of the colony of Queensland, the Honourable Sir George Ferguson Bowen GCMG, was directed by the Admiralty in…
When flying the Australian National Flag with state flags and/or other flags (such as the Australian Aboriginal Flag, the Torres Strait Islander Flag, local government flags, house flags, club pennants, corporate and company flags) in a line of…