Summary
| Category | Federal Government |
| Organisation | Australia Taxation Office |
| FOI Documents Link | 1-R3PTLZL |
| AWEI Score | Unknown |
| AWEI Ranking | Gold Platinum qualifier – this means the ATO has achieved a gold ranking for 5 consecutive years |
| Sponsorship | ATO is a silver sponsor of the AWEI Awards event at a cost of $11,000 p.a. |
| Invoices | $20,878 |
ATO AWEI 2021 Submission (7.3MB, 1.3MB)
The AWEI is broken up into 10 sections. Section 1 has 4 sub-sections. Organisations can choose to “carry over” points from this section for up to 3 years. Sections 9-10 must be completed each year to gain points.
Commentary
- S1 Q15 – Consulted with Pride in Diversity (only) to design ‘gender-inclusive’ toilets into new office build
- S1 Q18 – All recruitment panellists are provided with ‘unconscious bias’ training.
- S5 Q28 – Purchased access to the SBS training package
- S8 Q39 – ATO pays to host a stall at the annual ‘Border Pride Fair Day’
- S8 Q40 – ATO pays pays $11,000 to sponsor AWEI awards and secure silver sponsorship status.
- S8 Q41 – Staff personal donations to Minus18 (a corporation-supported charity) totalling $3269
ATO AWEI 2021 Scorecard
This is the score and the comments received for each question in their 2021 AWEI Submission.
- Not released by ATO.
Invoices totalling $20,878 (42kb)
Survey Results (6.4MB)
Gender Neutral Toilets
The ATO is building a new office suite in the Brisbane CBD where gender neutral toilets will be installed. ATO only consulted Pride in Diversity regarding this move. All new builds will deliver gender neutral toilets.
Elizabeth Lane & Alyce Schotte
Alyce Schotte and Elizabeth Lane, both previous staff members at the ATO, are now relationship managers at Pride in Diversity. Both Alyce and Elizabeth had a hand in shaping the Pride network at the ATO.
Alyce is the chair and treasurer of activist organisation Trans Folk of WA and was featured as a transgender consultant in an ABC special about the Australian novel.
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