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Media Watch questions ABC participation in Pride in Diversity

Media Watch questions ABC participation in Pride in Diversity

The ABC’s Media Watch program has questioned the ABC’s involvement in ACON’s Pride in Diversity program saying it may cause bias and favourable treatment of LGBTIQA+ issues in news coverage. “The problem here is a media group partnering with and being rewarded by a lobby group — any lobby group. And how that can lead […]

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Pride in Diversity survey seeks First Nations LGBTQ+ workplace experiences

Pride in Diversity survey seeks First Nations LGBTQ+ workplace experiences

New South Wales LGBTQ+ health organisation ACON and the Jumbunna Institute Indigenous People and Work Hub have partnered on a new project. The survey seeks to learn more about First Nations LGBTQ+, sistergirl & brotherboy experiences in the workplace. The project is being run as part of ACON’s Pride In Diversity program, a national LGBTQ+ […]

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Anti-transgender doctor Quentin Van Meter to appear at UWA

Anti-transgender doctor Quentin Van Meter to appear at UWA

The President of the dubious American College of Pediatricians is set to appear at the University of Western Australia (UWA) on Friday. Dr Quentin Van Meter is touring Australia as a guest of the Australian Families Association speaking about his belief that transgender people are mentally ill, and that the worldwide push to recognise transgender […]

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EY named 2018 top employer for LGBTI inclusion

EY named 2018 top employer for LGBTI inclusion

Professional Services firm EY has been named Australia’s 2018 Employer of the Year for LGBTI inclusion at the Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards, hosted today by ACON’s Pride in Diversity – the national not-for-profit employer support program for LGBTI workplace inclusion. More than 700 business leaders, diversity champions, HR professionals and many more actively working on […]

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Jennifer Westacott signs on as patron of Pride in Diversity

Chief Executive of the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, has been announced as a co-patron of ACON’s national not-for-profit program for LGBTI workplace inclusion, Pride in Diversity. Westacott will share the position with founding patron and former High Court Justice, the Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG. Westacott was recognised for her work as a […]

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ANZ, Bankwest, UWA and more win at Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards

ANZ, Bankwest, UWA and more win at Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards

ANZ has been awarded 2017 Employer of the Year at the Australian LGBTI Inclusion Awards, a special event held in Sydney by the AIDS Council of New South Wales’ (ACON) national not-for-profit program, Pride in Diversity. The top award takes prime position on an annual list of Australia’s best employers as assessed by the Australian Workplace Equality […]

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Did the ACNC remove the details of the ACL board out of safety fears?

The Australian Christian Lobby claims its board members are under attack from members of the LGBT community who are endangering their safety in the “battle for marriage and freedom”. In a media release this week Lyle Shelton, the Managing Director of the political lobby group, said an article in The Australian showed that marriage equality activists […]

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Westpac tops Pride in Diversity index

Westpac tops Pride in Diversity index

The Westpac group had taken out the top spot on this year’s Pride in Diversity Index. The annual list recognises companies that are embracing diversity in the workplace. Run by NSW health organisation ACON, Pride In Diversity, release the annual Australian Workplace Equality Index, which evaluates LGBTI inclusivity. This year’s list shows the big four […]

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Australia’s Top 20 LGBTI Employers Announced

Australia’s Top 20 LGBTI Employers Announced

LGBTI inclusivity organisation Pride in Diversity have announced their top national 20 LGBTI Employers of 2015. The winners were determined using Pride in Diversity’s Australian Workplace Equality Index, the organisation’s annual service that evaluates and benchmarks LGBTI inclusiveness in the workplace. PricewaterhouseCoopers was named Australia’s number one LGBTI employer, making it the first organisation to […]

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