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Addressing gender segregated industries and occupationsAustralia's labour market is segregated by industry and occupation. Working for Women outlines Australia's vision to achieve less gender-segregated industries and occupations,…
Guiding recommendation: Maintain formal structures that include a wide range of community and business representatives, and leverage these in a pandemic response alongside the use of temporary structures.Every crisis response…
Who can make a public interest disclosure?A person must be a current or former ‘public official’, as defined in ss69-70 of the PID Act, to make a public interest disclosure (s26(1)(a)).In general, a person can make a disclosure if they belong, or…
Key legislation
Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012
Workplace Gender Equality (Matters in relation to Gender Equality Indicators) Instrument 2013 (No. 1)
Workplace Gender Equality (Minimum Standards) Instrument 2014
Sources
ABS (…
Guidance on matters for collective agreementCollective agreement can be sought at a Cabinet meeting or through ministerial correspondence.As a general rule, ministers should put before their colleagues the sorts of issues on which they themselves…
AuthorityOn 30 September 2022, National Cabinet agreed to the recommendations of the First Secretaries Group Review of Ministerial Councils. This included the formal establishment of the Women and Women’s Safety Ministerial Council (the Council) as…
Current ‘minimum standards’
Under the Workplace Gender Equality Act, the Minister sets the minimum standards in relation to gender equality indicators (section 19 of the Act).
The Workplace Gender Equality (Minimum Standards) Instrument…
OverviewViolence against women and children remains a national crisis in Australia. While there has been significant action and investment towards ending gender-based violence, including through the National Plan to End Violence against Women and…
A State Memorial for the Honourable Andrew Sharp Peacock AC will be held at 11:00 am on Friday 11 February 2022, at St Paul’s Cathedral, corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne, Victoria.
Mr Peacock was elected in 1966 to the House of…
Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence is rapidly evolvingTechnological innovations have driven world GDP growth over the past millennium, and with each wave of technological advancement, the way humans live, work and relate to each other…
While Australia has made significant gains towards gender equality, inequality still exists in a range of areas across people’s lives. These existing inequalities, as well as ongoing norms and attitudes that can drive inequality, mean that even when…
Feedback received from the community suggests that improving the performance of public service delivery through the use of AI offers a significant opportunity to build agency trustworthinessThe performance of public services – how…
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…
All Cabinet Submissions and New Policy Proposals (NPPs) must be informed by gender analysis and include a Gender Analysis Summary.The Gender Analysis Summary is a brief overview of the gender analysis undertaken for the proposal,…
The Australian Government must provide leadership and accountability for driving economic equality outcomes and embed gender equity into its decision making, budgeting and policy design, implementation and evaluation…
Thirty-three inspirational Australians have been named as the national finalists for the Australian of the Year Awards.
Each of the national finalists have been nominated for an Australian of the Year Award by the National Australia Day Council due…
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…
National action plan on business and human rightsAustralia is not progressing with a National Action Plan on business and human rights, at this stage, but is focused on supporting the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human…
Prior to his appointment, Professor Davis served as Chief Executive Officer of the Paul Ramsay Foundation, Australia's largest charitable foundation with a mission to break the cycle of disadvantage.In his academic life, Professor Davis has…
IntroductionThank you, Professor Medcalf for your invitation and for the close association between yourself, the College and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.Let me acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of these…
When the COVID‑19 pandemic emerged at the start of 2020, governments around the world were ill prepared to respond to the scale and duration of a crisis that had ramifications for our health systems, our economies and the very function of our…
The Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet advises that a State Funeral Service for Mr Stefan Romaniw OAM will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, 12 July 2024 at Sts Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, North…
The Northern Territory Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet advises a State Funeral for Mr Lawrence Costa MLA will be held at 9:00am (Australian Central Standard Time) on Wednesday 1 March 2023, at St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin…
1 Application of guidelines1.1 The following guidelines apply to the Prime Minister, Ministers, Assistant Ministers, their families and their ministerial and electorate staff who receive a gift(s) in the course of their official duties.(Note:…
A State Funeral for the Honourable William (Bill) George Hayden AC will take place at 11.00 am (QLD time) on Friday, 3 November 2023 at St Mary’s Church, Elizabeth Street, Ipswich, Queensland. Mr Hayden served as Australia’s…