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 2024 – AGEC 2024 – 2025 Pre Budget Submission
AGEC has once again presented to government a comprehensive FY24-25 Pre Budget submission renewing calls for a National Gender Equality Strategy including $50m for long-term initiatives to identify and eliminate entrenched gender stereotypes, the root causes of so...
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...
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
2025 Election Scorecard
The Scorecard is based on an assessment of how each of the major parties measures up against our Key Election Priorities and may be updated as more policies are released.
The assessments have been made in good faith based on how the published party policies at the time of writing address AGEC’s Key Election Priorities. Qualitative judgements are exercised in the measurement of likely impact of each policy initiative, having regard to multiple criteria, the scale of commitments, and the level of supporting detail.
To read the detailed commentary click here: The Full Federal Election AGEC Scorecard.
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...
