FY25 Highlights

• Gender Pay Gap Transparency: We released our second Gender Pay Gap Report, achieving a 3-percentage point reduction in the median total remuneration gap and maintaining a 0% gap within the lawyer cohort.
• Employee Networks: The Gender Equality Network (GEN) drives advocacy, collaboration, and action, celebrating International Women’s Day and supporting gender equity initiatives.
• Supporting Women’s Economic Safety: WK supported the Centre for Women’s Economic Safety’s Progress Review to Government, amplifying recommendations to address financial abuse and promote economic safety for women.
• Lou’s Place Partnership: Since 2012, WK has supported Lou’s Place, a women’s refuge in Sydney, through monthly breakfasts and volunteering, fostering dignity and connection for women experiencing disadvantage.

FY25 Highlights

• Pro Bono Legal Assistance: 20,400 hours contributed, a 92% increase year-on-year, with 44 hours per FTE lawyer.
• Refugee Rights & Family Reunion: WK supported refugees and people seeking asylum through clinics, secondments, and advocacy, helping reunite families and provide hope for those seeking protection.
• Migrant Worker Support: Pro bono partnerships with Redfern Legal Centre and others to support vulnerable migrant workers, including advice on Workplace Justice Visas.
• Community Volunteering: Over 600 hours of hands-on support, 220+ staff engaged in fundraising and awareness, and $100,000 raised for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

FY25 Highlights

• Sustainable Practices: Ongoing commitment through our externally certified environmental management system.
• Climate Justice Work: Protecting human rights impacted by climate change, defending public participation in climate action, and building capacity in communities disproportionately affected by climate change.
• Brewing Change: Diverted 29,570 coffee cups from landfill and raised $14,785 for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation through sustainable coffee initiatives.

FY25 Highlights

• Human Rights Advocacy: WK is a proud signatory to the campaign for a national Human Rights Act, drafting factsheets and supporting reforms for stronger human rights protections.
• Secondments to Human Rights Organisations: WK lawyers seconded to the Australian Human Rights Commission and Justice and Equity Centre, contributing to law reform and truth-telling projects.
• Universal Periodic Review: Significant pro bono support for the 2025-26 Universal Periodic Review report to the UN, advocating for urgent reforms in Australia’s human rights record.
• Access to Justice: Ongoing support for individuals and communities experiencing disadvantage or marginalisation through legal clinics, advocacy, and partnerships with community legal centres.