Working Women’s Centre SA holds 2026 AGM and releases Annual Report

The Working Women’s Centre SA held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 20 October 2026, bringing together Board members, staff and supporters. 

The AGM provided an opportunity to acknowledge the Centre’s work over the past financial year and thank the people and organisations who continue to support its commitment to workplace justice and gender equity. 

Throughout 2025–26, the Working Women’s Centre SA continued providing specialist legal services, workplace education and advocacy to support women and vulnerable workers across South Australia. 

Key outcomes included: 

• 1,071 legal advice appointments and 114 legal cases opened. 

• $2,006,313 in awarded or agreed settlement deeds, judgments and orders for clients. 

• 64 training workshops, reaching 1,056 participants across a range of industries. 

The year also included a significant legal milestone, with the Federal Court delivering judgment in Clarke v Beiler Constructions Pty Ltd [2026] FCA 734, involving workplace sexual harassment and employment entitlements. 

Alongside its legal services, the Centre continued advocating for legislative reform to address the misuse of non-disclosure agreements in workplace sexual harassment and discrimination cases. 

Other areas of work included advocacy on the historical stolen wages of Aboriginal domestic workers, regional outreach, community legal education, and the delivery of workplace sexual harassment prevention training. 

The Centre also continued implementing its inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), strengthening relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, building cultural capability among staff and progressing initiatives to embed reconciliation across the organisation.  

The Centre also adopted its Strategic Plan 2026–2028, outlining priorities to increase its impact, strengthen organisational capacity and support long-term sustainability. 

Thank you to our community 

The Working Women’s Centre SA thanks everyone who attended the AGM, as well as its Board, staff, volunteers, activists, union partners, community organisations and funding partners for their contributions throughout the year. 

The Centre looks forward to continuing its work to advance workplace rights, improve access to justice and support safer, fairer workplaces across South Australia. 

Read and download the Working Women’s Centre SA 2025–26 Annual Report 

Emeritus Professor Suzanne Franzway discussing her work on the Working Women’s Centre’s history project.

Photo 1 (L–R): Hon. Sarah Andrews MP; Louise Firrell, WWC SA Board Member; and Nikki Candy, WWC SA CEO. Photo 2 (L–R): Isobel Montgomery, Deputy Chair of the WWC SA Management Board; Nikki Candy, WWC SA CEO; Hon. Michelle Lensink MLC; and Ann-Marie Hayes, Chair of the WWC SA Management Board.