[8] The WGEA dataset covers 4 million employees, and provides a detailed insight into the state of gender equality in Australian workplaces at an industry and sector level.

[10] The following statistics were sourced from WGEA's 2017–18 dataset: https://www.wgea.gov.au/data/wgea-research/australias-gender-equality-scorecard Mary Wooldridge was announced as the new director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency in April 2021.

[11] Before joining the Agency, Wooldridge served from 2006 to 2020 in the Victorian Parliament, including a term as Minister for Mental Health, Community Services, and Women’s Affairs.

She established the Victorian Commission for Children and Young People, including the nation’s first Aboriginal Commissioner, Parkville College – an award-winning Public School in Youth Justice Centres, and Australia’s first Mental Health Complaints Commissioner and the Family Drug Treatment Court.

[citation needed] Prior to being elected to Parliament, Wooldridge was the CEO of The Foundation for Young Australians and worked with McKinsey & Company and Consolidated Press Holdings.