Law and public service
Elizabeth Broderick
Former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner.
Legal career
Broderick was a lawyer at Blake Dawson and became a partner and board member of the firm. Her legal and management work preceded her appointment to the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Commission work
She served as Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner from 2007 to 2015. During that period the Commission examined sex discrimination, workplace equality and the treatment of women in the Australian Defence Force.
Institutional record
The Commission’s biography documents her legal career and the Defence review. Her official record concerns specific inquiries and office holding; it does not establish a personal endorsement of this website.