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    • SOPSIV by the numbers 2016-2017
    • Data Insights: Women in Public Executive Roles
    • Data Insights: Becoming a better workplace for people with disabilities
    • Data Insights: Employee engagement in the Victorian Public Sector
    • Data Insights: Bullying in the Victorian Public Sector
    • Data insights: workplace cultural diversity and inclusiveness part 1
    • Data insights: workplace cultural diversity and inclusiveness part 2

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Reviewed 24 April 2023

Published 12 March 2022

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