An independent publication about equality in Australia.

What we cover

We currently publish on gender equality, pay & superannuation, parenting & care and housing & homelessness. We add new topics only once we have researched and checked enough pages to cover them properly.

We write for people who need a reliable answer: workers checking an entitlement, parents planning leave, students, journalists and anyone comparing what different official sources say.

Editorial standards

• Every figure on a page links to the official release it comes from.
• We name the period each figure covers, because official data is often a year or more old by the time it is published.
• Where two official measures disagree, such as the ABS and WGEA pay gap figures, we show both and explain why they differ.
• Guides explain how a system works. They are general information, not legal or financial advice, and each one says so.
• Each page shows the date we last checked its figures.

How we check figures

Before a page goes live, we:

1. Take each figure from the original release, such as an ABS spreadsheet, a WGEA report or an ATO data table, not from news coverage or summaries.
2. Recalculate it from the underlying data where we can. For example, we rebuild the national gender pay gap series from ABS average weekly earnings.
3. Check it against a second official page where one exists.
4. Store it with its source, so the same figure appears the same way everywhere on the site.
5. Compare every published figure with the source text one more time.

When we calculate a figure ourselves, such as the difference between two published numbers, the page says so and names the inputs.

Our sources

The pages on this site currently cite:

• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Services Australia
• Workplace Gender Equality Agency
• 1800RESPECT, funded by the Department of Social Services
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Australian Taxation Office
• KPMG with WGEA and Diversity Council Australia
• Fair Work Ombudsman
• Department of Education
• Fair Work Commission
• Housing Australia
• Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia

Each page lists its sources in full at the end, with the release date of each one.

Corrections and updates

When a source publishes new data, we update the page and change its updated date. If we find an error, we fix it and change the date in the same way.

Independence

Equality Rights Australia is an independent publication. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the former Equality Rights Alliance or any successor organisation. It is not a government body, political party or campaign group, and it does not use the branding or materials of any of those organisations.

Contact

We will publish a contact address here for corrections and source suggestions.