Hon. Sally Talbot asks the Minister for Commerce about targets and achievements related to diversity and inclusion (women, culturally diverse backgrounds, Indigenous Australians, people with disabilities, and youth) within agencies under the Minister's responsibility. The Minister provides targets for various agencies.

AnsweredQoN 2847Legislative Council
Asked
23 September 2010
Portfolio
Commerce

QuestionView source ↗

In relation to all Agencies that fall under the Minister’s responsibility, will the Minister provide information on the following, -
(1) What are the targets for the following areas, -
(a) women in management;
(b) equity index for women;
(c) people from culturally diverse backgrounds;
(d) Indigenous Australians;
(e) people with disabilities; and
(f) youth?
(2) What has been achieved for each of these areas, -
(a) women in management;
(b) equity index for women;
(c) people from culturally diverse backgrounds;
(d) Indigenous Australians;
(e) people with disabilities; and
(f) youth?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
11 November 2010
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Commerce
Response time
49 days
Commerce
(1) The targets for 30 June 2011 are:
(a) 31% of Tiers 2 and 3 management positions.
(b) An equity index of 72.
(c) 12%.
(d) 1.7%.
(e) 5.2%.
(f) 11%.
Please Note: (1)(b) The ideal equity index is 100. An equity index less than 100 indicates the diversity group is concentrated at the lower salary ranges. The Commerce equity index of 68.8 for 2010 is higher than the equity index for women in the public sector, which was 62 for 2010.
SBDC
(1)
(a) women in management - 32%
(b) equity index for women - 65
(c) people from culturally diverse backgrounds - 15%
(d) Indigenous Australians - 0.9%
(e) People with disabilities - 3%
(f) Youth - 9.9%
WAIRC
(1)
(a) 55%
(b) 78%
(c) 10.2%
(d) 3.2%
(e) 4.2%
(f) 15.2%
WorkCover
(1) Based on the WorkCover WA EEO Plan 2010-2013. The targets are as follows:
(a) 50%
(b) 70
(c) 16%
(d) 2%
(e) 6%
(f) 4%
(2) Please refer to Legislative Council question on notice 2817.
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