Policy & Advocacy
AGEC plays a key role in advocating for gender equality through public advocacy and policy development in each of the key areas critical to women achieving gender equality in all aspects of work and life.
Budget & Election News
January 2023 – AGEC 2023-2024 Pre Budget Submission – Now is the Time for a Gender Equal Australia
The Australian Gender Equality Council's FY23-24 Pre Budget Submission has doubled down on the call for a formal national gender equality strategy through a comprehensive consultation process and consideration of the utility and complexity of existing legislation and...
2022 Election Candidate Pledge
AGEC is asking all candidates in the 2022 Federal Election to endorse its call for a National Gender Equality Strategy and take the AGEC Election Pledge. By taking the AGEC Pledge candidates will be supporting the call for a National Strategy and action on the key...
January 2022 – AGEC 2022-2023 Pre Budget Submission
The Australian Gender Equality Council's FY22-23 Pre Budget Submission identifies the critical need for a national strategy on gender equality to boost women's workforce participation and the Australian economy. Australia has never had a national strategy which...
Policy Position Statements
A National Strategy on Gender Equality
Australia has never had a national strategy on gender equality – one which comprehensively identifies and seeks to address all aspects of gender inequality as set out in AGEC’s Gender Equality Manifesto.
Only when a comprehensive National Strategy is established by Government in collaboration with business and the broader community will Australia accelerate its pathway to achieving gender equality. Without a co-ordinated and integrated strategy, well-intended efforts to achieve gender equality will increasingly become hit and miss, and continue to focus only on addressing symptoms not the underlying root causes of inequality.
AGEC’s 25-26 Pre budget Submission outlines what a National Strategy would encompass.
AGEC calls for Decisive Action to end Sexual Harassment
The Australian Gender Equality Council believes all people must be respected and be safe from the threat of violence and sexual harassment. We call upon the Prime Minister, National Cabinet and every elected Member of Parliament to act against gendered violence in the Parliamentary workplace as an example to every Australian workplace. All 55 recommendations of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner’s 2020 Report must be implemented as a top priority, and the government must ratify the International Convention on eliminating violence and harassment at work. #ItsTime
Reviews & Submissions
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Media Releases
March 2024 – AGEC welcomes release of Working for Women the Federal Government’s Gender Equality Strategy
AGEC commends the Federal Government's National Gender Equality Strategy for demonstrating its ongoing commitment to improving gender equality in Australia. The strategy includes many of the initiatives AGEC has long advocated for, such as superannuation on paid...