Firstly, the Sex Discrimination Act introduced in 1984 outlines that it is unlawful to discriminate due to things such as gender, family responsibilities or pregnancy yet these issues continue to run rampant in the workplace over thirty years later. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency the current pay gap stands at 16.0% (as of February 2017) and 69.1% of men are employed full time compared to just 40.7% of women. This illustrates how the nature of this law fails to address distinct elements that define sexism in Australia. Despite this 82% of discrimination complaints relating to employment are made under this act and with many resulting in some form of compensation and change. An example of this is with the Bevilaqua v Telco
