Submissions
Women's Rights Network Australia advocates for the rights of women and girls in Australia through participation in the political process by making submissions to inquiries. This gives us an opportunity to out forward our views in detail when laws and policies are being decided.
14 April 2024
NSW Parliament
Inquiry by the Committee of NSW Services of the NSW Parliament into Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023
The Women’s Rights Network OPPOSES the Bill in its entirety. The bill, if passed, will have serious consequences for women, gay and lesbian people, and children. It will have consequences for the accurate collection of data, making it impossible to track sex-based discrimination, inequality, and even crime. This closed door process for considering the bill also risks undermining its ultimate reception within the community.
13 October 2023
Victorian Parliament
Submission to Victorian Parliamentary Legal and Social Issues Committee ‘Inquiry into the state education system in Victoria’
The Committee will investigate the Victorian education system across government schools. The inquiry will look at trends in student learning outcomes, disparities associated with geography and socio-economic disadvantage; the state of the teaching profession, including the administrative burden on teachers; and student well being, including measures to address poor mental health, school refusal and student disengagement. The Committee will consider best practice models and educational settings used to improve student learning outcomes and wellbeing.
25 August 2023
Federal Parliament
Probity and Ethics in the Public Sector
Collaborative submission to Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit inquiry into probity and ethics in the Australian Public Sector.
Our purpose in making this submission is to raise our concerns that the Department of Health and Aged Care (DOHAC) has compromised its capacity to administer certain grants
and provide impartial advice to the Government on specific issues as a result of its participation in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI).