International Women's Day, Melbourne, 1980 International Women's Day march, Sydney, 1996  Reclaim the Night, Sydney, mid-1990s WEL NSW members displaying posters supporting the campaign for paid maternity leave, International Women's Day 2002 (WEL NSW Office)  WEL-WA, Palm Sunday Peace March 1985 Eva Cox, at launch of WEL's 2004 federal election campaign.
(WEL history collection, photo Gail Radford)

WEL’s submission to the Productivity Commission’s draft report on the Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector

WEL’s submission argues for that Government needs to recognise the importance of advocacy among the roles played by organisations in the not-for-profit sector. An extract of the submission follows. The full submission is here.

The history of Australia has been built on the complex involvements of factions, fractions and interest groups that pushed for various reforms and changes, some we still celebrate and some that we may now reject.
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