Amendments to the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (the Act), passed in March 2025, now require Australian employers with 500 or more employees to select and set gender equality targets — and demonstrate either achievement or measurable progress against them.
At this Gender Equality Insights event hosted by KPMG, we investigated the benefits of setting targets as an effective lever to improve workplace gender equality.
We heard from Dr Leonora Risse (she/her), Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Canberra, Research Fellow with the Women’s Leadership Institute Australia. She shared her research on the effective use of targets, why targets matter, how to choose which targets to set, and processes for ongoing embedding, reporting and monitoring.
We also heard from Mary Wooldridge (she/her), CEO of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), who discussed the new requirements on targets, and what resources and tools are available to assist employers in implementing change.
Following the presentations, our keynote speakers were joined by DCA’s CEO, Catherine Hunter (she/her) and COO Operations HCF Kevin Keane (he/him) in a discussion that explored how gender equality targets are being applied in real-world settings.
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