The latest release of Diversity Council Australia’s 2025-2026 Inclusion@Work Index – the fifth edition of our flagship, biennial research mapping inclusion across Australia’s workforce in now avaliable.

Drawing on insights from a nationally representative survey of 3,000 workers, the Index provides one of the most comprehensive pictures of how people across Australia are experiencing both inclusion and exclusion at work. It remains a critical benchmark for tracking progress, understanding emerging risks, and identifying where evidence-based action can have the greatest impact.

This latest Index offers a timely snapshot of workplace inclusion in a shifting social, economic and political context. The findings show:

·       strong and sustained worker support for diversity and inclusion

·       record levels of organisational action to improve inclusion

·       more workers reporting inclusive workplace experiences, alongside encouraging declines in discrimination and everyday exclusion

·       ongoing, disproportionately high levels of exclusion for marginalised workers, reinforcing the need for sustained action.

The findings reflect encouraging progress, while highlighting the continued need for evidence-based action.

A synopsis of DCA’s findings is attached for your reference, and the full report is available on request via comms@dca.org.au.