{"id":26438,"date":"2024-05-04T03:48:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T03:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=26438"},"modified":"2024-05-04T03:48:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T03:48:54","slug":"applications-open-for-nsw-governments-new-lgbtiq-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/applications-open-for-nsw-governments-new-lgbtiq-advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for NSW Government\u2019s new LGBTIQ+ Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NSW Government is seeking applications for a new advisory council designed to improve understanding of issues affecting LGBTIQ+ people across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fulfilling an election commitment, the LGBTIQ+ Advisory Council will provide a mechanism for ongoing community consultation and contribute to the development of a NSW Government LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Advisory Council will provide ongoing advice to the NSW Government as it delivers on a range of initiatives and commitments designed to promote equality and inclusion for LGBTIQ+ communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These initiatives include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>implementing new legislation to ban LGBTQ+ conversion practices<\/li><li>supporting Qtopia, the permanent home for the LGBTQIA+ museum at the former Darlinghurst police station, through a $6.7m commitment<\/li><li>completing a legislative review to improve equality and inclusion for LGBTIQ+ people, and<\/li><li>referring a review of the Anti-Discrimination Act to the NSW Law Reform Commission.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 16-person Advisory Council will reflect the diversity of LGBTIQ+ communities in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications are being sought from people over 18 years of age with respect, influence and status within LGBTIQ+ communities and a demonstrated commitment to cooperation, inclusion and diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People from First Nations, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications can be submitted at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/departments-and-agencies\/premiers-department\/lgbtiq\">LGBTIQ+ Advisory Council webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Minns Government is also establishing a Cross-Portfolio Committee on LGBTIQ+ Issues, bringing together senior government officials with community representatives, that will coordinate efforts across government and enhance collaboration and partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Committee will work with the Advisory Council to develop a whole of government LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, Penny Sharpe said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere has been incredible progress to advance the equality and inclusivity of LGBTQIA+ communities in NSW but there is more to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe advisory Council is an election commitment that will help us do that work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government is seeking applications for a new advisory council designed to improve understanding of issues affecting LGBTIQ+ people across the state. Fulfilling an election commitment, the LGBTIQ+ Advisory Council will provide a mechanism for ongoing community consultation and contribute to the development of a NSW Government LGBTIQ+ Inclusion Strategy. The Advisory Council will &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/applications-open-for-nsw-governments-new-lgbtiq-advisory-council\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Applications open for NSW Government\u2019s new LGBTIQ+ Advisory Council&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26439,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26438\/revisions\/26439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}