The proposal has 22 components and would take effect from 1 July 2022. Funding for ongoing capped expenses would be indexed by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), while departmental expenses would be indexed in line with broader departmental approaches.

Component 1: Schools

• Element A would remove provisions that enable discrimination in schools on religious grounds.
• Element B would fund training (via state and territory governments) to enable every current and new teacher to receive training on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer/Questioning, Asexual (LGBTIQA+) inclusion, and refreshers every five years.
• Element C would create and implement guidelines and an inclusive curriculum for schools.
• Element D would remove the School Chaplains Program and invest $61.4 million in secular, unbiased and inclusive support for students through counsellors and anti-bullying initiatives such as the Safe Schools Program.

Component 2: Health

• Element A would establish a national LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing action plan to ensure access to holistic and comprehensive health services, including ensuring accessibility for rural and remote patients, and national standards and training for health professionals to ensure they can provide world class care to LGBTIQA+ patients, particularly patients who are intersex or transgender.
• Element B would provide funding of $2.5 million per year for an agreement with states and territories to improve training for medical professionals, including through national standards.
• Element C would provide immediate federal funding of $5 million per year for the LGBTIQA+ Health Alliance.
• Element D would provide $70 million grants funding over 4 years from 1 July 2022 for LGBTIQA+ community-controlled health organisations.
• Element E would provide $200 million capped funding over 4 years from 1 July 2022 to implement the remaining priorities in the LGBTIQA+ Health Alliance 2021 policy priorities, including crisis intervention for mental health and suicide prevention, support for health and wellbeing for LGBTIQA+ elders, and increased participation for people with disability.
• Element F would work to reduce restrictions on blood donations, including through providing $1 million per year for 4 years to the Therapeutic Goods Administration and Lifeblood Australia to work on processes to remove discriminatory barriers to blood donations, and additional funding to Lifeblood to administer new systems if required.
• Element G would provide $5 million capped one-off funding in 2022-23 for research into the viability and desirability of moving to individual risk assessment of donors

Component 3: the Australian Federation of Aids Organisations (AFAO) Agenda 2025 proposal, including (https://www.afao.org.au/our-work/agenda-2025/)

• Element A would create a Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item for rapid human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing so doctors can give initial results while awaiting lab confirmation.
• Element B would create an MBS item so doctors can provide patients with an HIV self-test they can use at home between clinical visits.
• Element C would establish minimum service levels and a national partnership agreement with states and territories for community-led education and services, surveillance and public sexual health care.
• Element D would provide $53 million capped funding per year, to address remaining components of the agenda.

Component 4: Standard of living action plan

Component 4 would provide $20 million capped funding over 4 years from 1 July 2022 to research and develop an action plan on standard of living issues (employment, education, housing and income levels) that impact LGBTIQA+ people as a result of stigmatisation and discrimination. This component is ongoing and the funding would continue over the medium term.

Component 5: LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner

Component 5 would appoint an LGBTIQA+ Human Rights Commissioner.

Component 6: Government commitment to equality

• Element A would appoint a Minister for Equality, with a department and a whole-ofgovernment LGBTIQA+ ministerial advisory group.
• Element B would provide $2.5 million capped funding per year for departments and agencies to develop reference or advisory groups on specific portfolio issues that impact LGBTIQA+ communities.
• Element C would provide a $17.5 million grants funding per year for community groups, including consultation with advisory group about priorities and a transparent allocation process.
• Element D would protect rights in law.
• Element E would remove discrimination exemptions for religious organisations.
• Element F would ensure that all services (including health and social services) that receive government funding must be required to agree to anti-discriminatory practice.

Component 7: Improve data collection

Component 7 would provide $2.5 million capped funding per year to improve data collection, including through the use of the new Australian Bureau of Statistics 2020 Standard on Sex, Gender, Variations in Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation Variables.

Component 8: Public education campaign

Component 8 would provide $10 million capped funding over 4 years from 1 July 2022 for a public education campaign about the importance of inclusion for trans and gender diverse people.

Component 9: Community leadership development

Component 9 would provide $1 million capped funding per year for community leadership development including capability and training for trans and gender diverse community groups.

Component 10: BI+

• Element A would establish strong BI+ representation in the LGBTIQA+ Ministerial advisory group.
• Element B would invest $0.75 million capped funding per year for bisexual-specific mental health programs and services.
• Element C would provide $1 million capped funding over 4 years from 1 July 2022 for a public awareness campaign to reduce biphobia in the community.
• Element D would improve access to family and intimate partner violence services for BI+ people.
• Element E would fund research into the BI+ community.

Component 11: Foreign affairs and defence

• Element A would provide $2.5 million capped funding per year for inclusion training and communications in the Australian Defence Force and other uniformed services.
• Element B would establish an aid program from within existing resources to support LGBTIQA+ communities internationally.
• Element C would ensure that Australia adopts an approach of advocating for LGBTIQA+ human rights in bilateral and multilateral fora, including advocating for law reform in our region and in the Commonwealth of Nations. This would be met from within existing departmental resources.

Component 12: Refugees and asylum seekers

• Element A would establish an internal target for LGBTIQA+ refugees for people who have fled persecution from their home countries based on sexuality, gender identity or intersex status. This is expected to be met from within existing departmental resources.
• Element B would allocate $1 million capped funding per year to ensure adequate and appropriate training for departmental staff so they are equipped to appropriately assess applications from LGBTIQA+ people seeking asylum.
• Element C would invest $10 million capped funding per year into local organisations and sponsors groups working on LGBTIQA+ refugee resettlement within the private sponsorship of refugees program.

Component 13: Redress scheme

Component 13 would provide $100 million in capped funding over 4 years from 1 July 2022 for the public service to examine and begin implementation of a redress scheme for people who have undergone forced or coercive medical practices.

Component 14: Intersex research

Component 14 would provide $3 million capped funding per year, indexed to CPI for additional research to better understand and support the needs of intersex individuals.

Component 15: Health, welfare and allied professionals

Component 15 would provide $4 million capped funding per year, indexed to CPI for health, welfare and allied professionals.

Component 16: Training and empowering community leaders

Component 16 would provide $1 million capped funding per year for training to empower community leaders through capacity building and training.

Component 17: Fund faith-based organisations

Component 17 would provide $1 million a year, indexed to CPI, to fund faith-based organisations and survivor groups to conduct self-advocacy and fund expanded scope of existing LGBTIQA+ organisations to deliver self-advocacy outcomes for conversion practices.

Component 18: Inquiry into the ex-gay/ex-trans/conversion movement

Component 18 would establish a national, government-led inquiry into the extent of the movement, prevalence, practices and impacts on survivors of the ex-gay/ex-trans/conversion movement on the experience of LGBTIQA+ Australians. The inquiry would also examine:

• options for the inclusion of compulsory content and clauses that systematically refute the ideology and practices associated with the conversion movement, with associated audit controls, in all tertiary courses that contain a counselling component
• options for licensing and standards for counsellors through a government regulator(s) to protect LGBTIQA+ Australians from conversion practices
• options for how to better regulate and prevent the promotion, broadcast and advertising of conversion practices and ideology
• an investigation of the proliferation of conversion ideology in schools.

Component 19: Funding to work with survivors

Component 19 would provide $4 million per year, indexed to CPI, for practitioners who have not had the necessary training or experience to work with survivors, using evidence-based training materials.

Component 20: Public health and awareness campaigns

Component 20 would provide $500,000 per year over 3 years from 1 July 2022, to conduct public health and awareness campaigns to target those at risk of the movement’s influence, and refute its ideology, key messages, assertions and false and misleading claims.

Component 21: Research into specific faith and culturally diverse communities

Component 21 would provide $1 million per year, indexed to CPI, to conduct applied research into specific faith and culturally diverse communities to develop culturally appropriate interventions and communications strategies that raise awareness about the harm caused by conversion practices, and support the development of best practice spiritual care for LGBTIQA+ people.

Component 22: Redress scheme for survivors

Component 22 would provide $50 million per year over 2 years from 1 July 2022, for the public service to consult and implement a redress scheme for survivors of sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts.