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Your fortnightly newsletter from DCA. Together towards inclusion. |
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2025 National NAIDOC Award winners announced |
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The winners of the 2025 National NAIDOC Awards have been announced, celebrating the outstanding contributions and excellence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Held last Saturday July 5th in Perth, this national event celebrates impact across ten categories, including art, culture, education and training, sport, environment and leadership. As part of NAIDOC Week 2025, the awards honour the contributions of individuals, groups, businesses and organisations, and acknowledge how their work positively impacts communities, people, and the nation.
The ceremony also serves as a powerful reminder of the oldest surviving culture in the world and the ongoing contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Find out more and explore the full list of 2025 recipients.
The official artwork, Ancestral Lines, is by Ngarbal/Gomeroi artist Jeremy Morgan Worrall. |
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This week (6-13 July 2025) we celebrate NAIDOC Week. The 2025 theme, "The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy”, celebrates not only the achievements of the past but the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of young leaders, the vision of communities, and the legacy of ancestors.
Please visit the NAIDOC website for resources, events, and more information. |
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Reconciliation Australia has released the results of the 2024 Australian Reconciliation Barometer (ARB)
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The ARB is the only national study, undertaken every two years, tracking attitudes and perceptions about reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.
This year’s results show strong public support for reconciliation, with 85% of Australians agreeing that the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians is important. However, the data also reveals ongoing challenges, including a rise in racial discrimination reported by First Nations peoples and persistent gaps in understanding across communities. |
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DCA’s Board of Directors welcomed at DCA’s Annual General Meeting |
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DCA is excited to welcome both Tara Le Friedman (she/her), General Manager, AUSPAC Transformation & Portfolio at QBE Insurance, and Zak Hammer (she/her), Head of Global Delivery, Risk & Transformation, Technology at BlueScope Steel, to the DCA Board of Directors. We'd also like to congratulate Elizabeth Hristoforidis (she/her), Partner, Ashurst Risk Consulting, and Peter Chun (he/him), CEO, UniSuper, on their re-election to the Board. |
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“DCA is privileged to be guided by a Board with such an impressive breadth of knowledge, lived experience and strategic vision. Their leadership is vital to our work supporting organisations to create a more diverse and inclusive Australia.” |
- Catherine Hunter (she/her), CEO, Diversity Council Australia |
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We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Manisha Amin (she/they), who retired from the Board during the year, but will continue in her capacity as Chair of DCA’s Disability and Accessibility Expert Advisory Panel. |
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DCA 2024 Annual Report: A Year of Impact and Growth
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We are pleased to release our 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a year of impact and momentum in advancing diversity and inclusion (D&I) across Australian workplaces.
With over 1,300 member organisations, DCA’s community is stronger than ever. In 2024, we delivered six major research reports, 34 events attracting over 20,000 registrations, 11 submissions to policy and legislative reviews, and 222 education programs and speaking engagements. Participation in our Inclusive Employer Index grew by 80%, and engagement in our Inclusion at Work Week tripled among non-member organisations. Other 2024 highlights included welcoming Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC as DCA Patron and our contribution at the United Nation’s sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York.
This report shows the value of DCA membership in action — with evidence-based tools, practical support, and a powerful platform for collective change. |
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Gain inclusion insights that align with WGEA standards
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DCA’s Inclusive Employer Index allows employers to gain a detailed profile of employees’ diversity and experiences of inclusion and exclusion, benchmarked against the Australian workforce and DCA member organisations. Participants that meet or exceed the national benchmark will be profiled as DCA’s 2025-2026 Inclusive Employers. |
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There are five employee experience questions required for WGEA’s Employer of Choice for Gender Equality Citation, all of which are included in DCA’s Inclusive Employer Index. To facilitate reporting, a separate data export is available to participants with gender disaggregated responses and total response rate.
The survey is now available to participants, and registrations are still open. Once registered, you can send the survey to your employees at any point between 1 July and 30 September, with results available in real time on our user-friendly dashboard. |
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Date: Thursday 24 July 2025
Time: 9:15 to 1:00 PM (AEST) |
Date: Thursday 24 July 2025
Time: 12:30 to 2:15 PM (AEST) |
Date: Tuesday 29 July 2025
Time: 1:00PM – 2:30PM (AEST) |
Date: Friday 22 August 2025
Time: 11:30AM – 2:30PM (AEST) |
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WGEA releases new calculator in advance of Equal Pay Day
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Equal Pay Day falls on 19 August 2025. Equal Pay Day is part of an international movement that calls attention to inequalities in our workplaces. The day represents the 50 days after the end of the financial year that women, on average, must work to earn the same that men earned in the financial year just past.
To spark a conversation about action, WGEA has created an Equal Pay Day Calculator where employees can enter their employer’s gender pay gap and find out their workplace’s Equal Pay Day. |
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Enrolment now open for DLI’s Future Shapers leadership program
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The Disability Leadership Institute’s (DLI) Future Shapers program is a 9-month program of vertical leadership development, transformational leadership growth, and big picture strategic thinking. Delivered by one of Australia’s few accredited vertical leadership coaches, the Future Shapers program has been designed from the ground up by and for disabled leaders.
Enrolments for Future Shapers 2026 are now open, closing on 30 November 2025. |
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The Guideline: LGBTIQA+ inclusive workplaces now available
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The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission's Guideline: LGBTIQA+ Inclusive Workplaces is an essential tool with practical information about LGBTIQA+ employees’ rights at work under the Equal Opportunity Act.
The guideline provides five minimum standards that employers should meet to create inclusive workplaces and comply with their legal duty to prevent, not just respond to, discrimination against LGBTIQA+ employees. It also comes with fact sheets to help employees understand how they are protected at work from discrimination. |
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Champions of Change Coalition Members reaffirmed commitment in advancing gender equality
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Approximately 250 Champions of Change Coalition Members have publicly reaffirmed their ongoing commitment to lead on advancing gender equality in the workplace. Representing over 1.5 million employees, this work is grounded in long-term strategy, practical action, and collective accountability.
This commitment marks 15 years of collective leadership from the Coalition, captured in a new, comprehensive report now available. |
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A warm welcome to the following organisations who recently became members of Diversity Council Australia! |
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Diversity Council Australia is proudly supported by |
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Diversity Council Australia Limited
Hub Customs House Level 4, 31 Alfred St
Sydney NSW 2000
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