The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 will have far reaching effects on the gender
composition of Australian businesses in the private sector. The Reporting Regime developed
for implementation of the Act must be harmonised with other reporting regimes which are
already in place, or under development. The Reporting Regime must also include ways in
which characteristics, such as disability, Aboriginality or migrant background can be included
in reports in such a way as to promote ease of comparison between companies, and a self
regulating incentive for companies to improve their performance. Company reports should
be publicly available on the Agency website.
You can view WWDACT’s full submission below.
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Submission on the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012
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Feedback on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012
Women with Disabilities ACT (WWDACT) is a systemic advocacy and peer support
organisation for women and girls with disabilities in the ACT. WWDACT follows a
human rights philosophy, based on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities and the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women. In the ACT there are 31,542 women with a disability, who make up 56.4%
of the total population with disabilities.We enthusiastically welcome the proposed introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the
Stage One NDIS launch site program that will commence in 2013 in the Australian
Capital Territory as one of the five national launch sites.You can read our submission below.