EQUITY AND DIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT

ANNUAL REPORT 2017

EQUITY AND

DIVERSITY

Black Comedy, Photo: ABC TV

AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION EQUITY AND DIVERSITY ANNUAL REPORT 2016?17

Contents

PLANNING AND REPORTING

2

PERFORMANCE MONITORING 3

PERFORMANCE4

DIVERSITY AND

INCLUSIONHIGHLIGHTS

8

GENDER13

INDIGENOUS15

NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING BACKGROUND17

DISABILITY18

CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS

21

Contents1

Planning and reporting

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's national broadcaster and was established as a statutory corporation under the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 (the ABC Act). The ABC Act, which includes the ABC Charter, sets out the functions and duties of the Corporation.

As a Commonwealth authority employer, theABC is bound by the provisions of the: ? Equal Employment Opportunity

(Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987 ? Racial Discrimination Act 1975 ? Sex Discrimination Act 1984 ? Australian Human Rights Commission

Act1986 ? Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ? Age Discrimination Act 2004 ? Fair Work Act 2009

The Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987 (theEEOAct) requires the ABC to promote equal employment opportunity for designated groups: ? Gender ? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ? people from a non-English speaking

background (NESB) ? people with disabilities

This report is made under the provisions of section 9 (2) of the EEO Act. The reporting period covers 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017.

About the Equity and DiversityProgram

This program has been designed to eliminate discrimination and promote equal opportunity for women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from a non-English speaking background and people with disabilities.

The ABC is a member of a number of key national diversity organisations, including the Diversity Council of Australia.

ABC Managing Director, Michelle Guthrie, is a member of the Leadership Council on Cultural Diversity which is chaired by the Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tim Soutphommasane. The Council is committed to improving the cultural diversity of senior people within Australian organisations.

ABC Equity and Diversity Plan2016 ? 18

This covers the period 1 January 2016 to 31December 2018 and is available at about..au/reports-publications/equityand-diversity-plan-2016-18.

The ABC monitors and reports performances to the ABC Leadership Team each year. Someof theactivities undertaken are reported in the ABC Equity and Diversity Annual Report.

ABC Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) 2016 ? 18

This covers the period 1 January 2016 to 31December 2018 and is available at about..au/reports-publications/abcreconciliation-action-plan-rap-2016-18.

Results are reported to Reconciliation Australia and twice a year to the ABC Leadership Team and Board. An annual report is available on the ABC's website.

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Performance monitoring

All new employees are asked to complete an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) questionnaire related to gender, disability, language and culture. Answers are provided ona voluntary basis.

? At the end of the reporting period 78.4 % ofallemployees had provided EEO data.1

? Data was requested from applicants for all vacant positions and work experience.

? Monthly Indigenous employment statistics and quarterly diversity employment statistics were reported to the ABC Leadership Team.

Content teams

ABC Content teams collect and analyse content to measure how diverse groups are represented. This analysis helps them to implement measures to address under-representation.

ABC News

Data from eight days in October 2016 was collected from News and Current Affairs output across radio, television and online platforms with a focus on the interviewees and guests who appeared in stories, studios and panel discussions. Coverage was assessed for gender and cultural diversity, as well as for people fromIndigenous backgrounds.

ABC Television

The team surveyed first-run Australian content from all genres broadcast in 2016. The analysis focused on the lead and supporting roles in scripted content, presenters and other roles in non-scripted content. The review covered gender, cultural diversity, Indigenous, disability, sexual orientation and regional diversity.

For content broadcast in 2016 and 2017, the ABC has also been capturing off-screen crew diversity statistics across key roles. Thisinformation is currently provided on a voluntary basis by crew members.

ABC KIDS and ABC ME

In 2016, an independent analysis of external television productions broadcast on ABC KIDS and ABC ME was conducted over a month. Itfocused on the diversity of characters, cast and content makers. Diversity data was collected for every production and discussions were held with writers and producers to increase the diversity of the content.

Regional

The Regional team has completed a baseline survey of content. A survey brief, including a methodology, was finalised in March 2017 and endorsed by Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane. Seven ABC Regional locations were selected to undertake the survey based on an analysis of the 2011 Census, which had revealed a high Indigenous population or cultural diversity. Theresults of the survey will be used by content teams to devise and implement measures to address under representation ofrelevantgroups.

Commercial

Over the past four years, ABC Commercial teams (Music, Books, Audio and Video Entertainment and Distribution) have audited their current products based on Indigenous content and cultural and linguistic diversity.

3 Performance monitoring

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