Goal Key targets Strength Weakness Opportunities Threats

GOAL 10. TARGET 10.1: The target is in the Within the past decade Ensure good urban According to the
Reduce By 2030, progressively green and is being the growth of the mean planning and design Australian Bureau of
Inequalities achieve and sustain managed by The weekly income of the that promotes social Statistics, consumer
income growth of the Treasury. total population is larger inclusion and prices rose 3.5% and
“Reduce bottom 40 per cent of than the mean weekly wellbeing by wages just 2.3% last
inequality within the population at a rate Income growth can be income of the bottom 40 providing fairer and year (Australian
and among higher than the national seen within the bottom per cent (Australian better access to Bureau of Statistics,
countries” average. 40 per cent of the Government, 2018). services, jobs, and 2021).
(United Nations, population. For transport to these
n.d.) example, in 2009 the jobs.
mean weekly income of
the bottom 40 per cent Increase in minimum
was $477.50. In 2016, wage (Every year the
it can be seen to have Fair Work
grown to $510 Commission reviews
(Australian the minimum wage).
Government, 2018).
TARGET 10.3: There are Australian The universally agreed Creating policies There is evidence of
Ensure equal laws in place to protect methodology has not within the local positive attitudes
opportunity and reduce people from disability been set for this target community around towards the
inequalities of outcome, discrimination. These and indicator. This building accessibility employment of
including through include: means that Australia has for people in people with
eliminating - Age Discrimination not yet examined data wheelchairs. disabilities from
discriminatory laws, Act 2004 sources. community and
policies and practices - Australian Human The City of business. However,
and promoting Rights Commission Australia is not on track Perth’s Disability their employment
appropriate legislation, Act 1986 to reach the goal of Access and Inclusion remains low
policies, and actions in - Disability making all public Plan (DAIP) 2021- compared to the rest
this regard. Discrimination Act transport accessible 2025. This outlines of the population
begore the end of 2022, goals for the City of (NSW Government,
 1992 which was a goal set out Perth with relation to 2019, p. 19).
- Racial in 2002 (Department of improving access
Discrimination Act Infrastructure, Transport, and inclusion for all
1975 Regional Development people. It advocates
- Sex Discrimination and Communications, for equity.
Act 1984. 2022).

Australia’s national
gender pay gap is
13.8% (ABS, 2022).
GOAL 5. TARGET 5.2  Services available in 2/3 of Australian females Stop it at the Start Attitudes of
GENDER Eliminate all forms of Australia for domestic who have experienced campaign: This Australian society
EQUALITY violence against all violence situations: violence said it began or campaign aims to towards women. A
women and girls in the - 1800RESPECT increased since COVID- disrupt the rotation of study carried by
“Achieve gender public and private - Mensline Australia 19 (Australian Institute violence. This is Ipsos shows that 1/5
equality and spheres, including - Kids Help Line of Criminology, 2020). through getting Australians think
empower all trafficking and sexual - Starick adults to reflect on females who say
women and and other types of - sexual assault 1/6 Australian females their attitudes as well they were assaulted
girls” exploitation. resource center and 1/16 males have as have often make up or
(United Nations, - Crisis Care been endangered conversations with amplify claims of
n.d.) physically and/or young people abuse or assault
experienced sexual (Commonwealth of (Ipsos, 2022).
violence by a current or Australia, 2022).
previous domestic
partner (ABS, 2017). 

TARGET 5.5 Females in the Women are currently 40:40 Vision: A Attitudes towards
Ensure women’s full workforce are now underrepresented in program to strengthen woman in power and
and effective moving into important decision- gender equality in the politics. The Set the
participation and equal management roles at a making positions across ASX200. This is Standard report
opportunities for most industries in supported by the showed that female
leadership at all levels higher rate than males. Australia.  Workplace Gender parliamentarians and
of decision-making in If this growth continues, Equality Agency. staff reported sexist
political, economic and it will take While females make up The purpose is to and vitriolic abuse
public life. approximately twenty half of drive organisational directed at them from
years for women to the employees (50.5%), transformation at the the media & social
have equal women comprise only: highest levels of media. These
representation in - 32.5% of key businesses in comments also
management positions. management Australia, by perpetuated harmful
(Workplace Gender positions encouraging these stereotypes and
Equality Agency, 2020). - 28.1% of directors organisations to set gender roles
- 18.3% of CEOs targets for their (Australian Human
- 14.6% of board executive leadership Rights Commission,
chairs. teams and commit to 2021, p. 174).
- (Workplace Gender achieve gender
Equality Agency, balance by 2030
2020a). (Workplace Gender
Equality Agency,
2020b).

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