Blog
08 Jul 2019
NAIDOC 2019's theme is Voice, Treaty Truth. We find out what that means to community leader Thomas Mayor.
Israel Folau: why words matter
Blog
03 Jul 2019
The ongoing Israel Folau debate shows how powerful language is, especially at work.
What would be good for mothers is closing the pay gap faster
Opinion pieces
13 May 2019
Mother’s Day is an apt time to recognise mothering. But the load of mothering doesn’t just happen on one day every year. It’s ongoing. And we need to look at what that means for women’s lives and careers, says DCA CEO, Lisa Annese.
Counting Culture: It’s about more than asking “Where are you from?”
Opinion pieces
07 May 2019
Australia boasts one of the most multicultural populations in the world. But after almost five decades of multiculturalism we still don’t have clarity around what cultural diversity is and therefore how to best measure and report on this cultural diversity.
Mental Health in the Workplace - Productivity Commission Inquiry
Submissions
01 Apr 2019
DCA has made a submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the effect of mental health on people’s ability to participate in and prosper in the community and workplace, and the effects it has more generally on our economy and productivity.
Let’s hear it from the boys
Blog
28 Mar 2019
Addressing attitudes to gender equality from millennial men.
Workplace sexual harassment affects women in varied and complex ways
Opinion pieces
12 Mar 2019
Despite #MeToo, sexual harassment is still everywhere. And it has devestating effects ...
Looking at the workplace through a neurodiverse lens
Blog
11 Feb 2019
Neurodiverse people bring different perspectives to work. Here is just one of them ...
Video: Ming Long on why leaders need to fear difference less
Blog
04 Feb 2019
DCA board member Ming Long talks about her passion for diversity and inclusion, and explains why leaders need to fear difference less.
Why we need resilience in the face of backlash to diversity and inclusion
Opinion pieces
28 Jan 2019
DCA CEO Lisa Annese sends a message of support to others who are agitating for change and may be receiving backlash.
The ones to watch in 2019
Blog
21 Jan 2019
The key events DCA will be keenly anticipating – and participating in – over the coming twelve months.
Those paid to promote diverse workplaces are rarely diverse themselves
Opinion pieces
10 Jan 2019
DCA CEO Lisa Annese explores why those paid to promote diverse workplaces are rarely diverse themselves.
A new narrative on the International Day of People with Disability
Blog
29 Nov 2018
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we explore a new narrative for disability.
Lessons for workplace inclusion from the marriage equality debate
Blog
13 Nov 2018
Some lessons for workplace inclusion from the marriage equality debate.
Ensuring LGBTIQ inclusion initiatives reach regional and remote workforces
Blog
01 Nov 2018
Mark Latchford from Pride in Diversity explains why we need to ensuring LGBTI inclusion initiatives reach regional and remote workforces,
Willing and able: a new narrative for disability
Podcasts
09 Oct 2018
Annabelle Williams OAM, Legal Counsel of the Australian Olympic Committee, and herself a former Paralympic swimmer, shows us there can be a new narrative for disability.
Connecting country: busting myths about Indigenous Australians
Podcasts
02 Oct 2018
Linda Burney – the first Aboriginal woman to serve in the House of Representatives, and the first Aboriginal person to serve in the NSW Parliament goes on the record.
From older workers to generational solidarity. Let’s rethink ageing at work
Blog
01 Oct 2018
Philip Taylor, Professor of Management at Federation University Australia, Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne, talks age at work.
#YouToo? Sexual harassment and gender inequality after #MeToo
Podcasts
25 Sep 2018
Journalist Tracey Spicer and Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins discuss: how can we finally end the scourge of sexual harassment – and rebuild the structures that have supported it?
Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Submissions
18 Sep 2018
On behalf of Australian business, in particular DCA member organisations, we made this submission to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples advocating for recognition of our First Peoples.