Strategic context
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- Pride in our future: Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ Strategy 2022-2032
- DPC’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021
Pride in our future: Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ Strategy 2022-2032
DPC’s approach to LGBTIQA+ inclusion is aligned with best practice government strategies including Pride in our future: Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ strategy 2022-32. Pride in our future provides the vision and plan to drive equality and inclusion for Victoria’s diverse LGBTIQA+ communities over the next 10 years.
The vision statement of the strategy is:
- All Victorians feel safe, are healthy, have equal human rights and can live wholly and freely.
- LGBTIQA+ Victorians experience the benefits of full participation in economic, educational, political, community and social areas at all stages of life.
- Victoria leads the way in LGBTIQA+ equality, celebrating culture, community, and taking sustained, enduring and measurable action.
The key areas of reform that will help realise the strategies vision include:
- Equal rights and freedoms.
- Equitable, inclusive and accessible services.
- Visibility to inform decision making.
- Safe, strong and sustainable communities.
The strategy will deliver key actions including reviewing VPS workforce inclusion policies, supporting LGBTIQA+ inclusive employment practices and identifying tools and training for senior leaders to create LGBTIQA+ inclusive workplaces.
DPC’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021
This plan is also aligned with DPC’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2019 – 2021. DPC is committed to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, to ensure that all people including LGBTIQA+ employees are treated with dignity and respect, have equitable access to employment opportunities and outcomes, can participate in all aspects of work life and can achieve their full potential. The strategy focuses on five priority areas including:
- LGBTIQA+ inclusion
- Gender equality
- Aboriginal workforce
- Disability access and inclusion
- Cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) inclusion.
The following list shows where the plan fits into DPC’s internal diversity and inclusion framework and how our focus on LGBTIQA+ inclusion complements existing organisational strategies. The list also identifies the relevant legislation frameworks and guidance considered in developing this plan.
Diversity and inclusion strategy
- LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Plan 2024 – 2028
- Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)
- Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
- Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic)
- Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic)
- Victorian Public Service Enterprise Agreement 2020
- Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (Vic)
- Gender Equality Act 2020 (Vic)
- Gender Equality Action Plan 2021 – 2025
- Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2021–2025
- Aboriginal Workforce Strategy (in development)
- Cultural Diversity Plan (for review).
Updated 22 May 2024
DPC LGBTIQA+ Inclusion Plan 2024-2028pdf573.68 KB
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