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While employers might have gender and other diversity policies in place, most still have a long way to go in ensuring that LGBTI workers feel comfortable at work, says Diversity Council Australia CEO Nareen Young.

Combining goals for diversity, corporate social responsibility and staff development in a work placement program has proved a win-win situation for NAB, says its manager of corporate volunteering, Natalie Howard.

HR alone can't be responsible for increasing gender diversity in organisations, but it should drive the first phase of the journey, according to IBM managing director Andrew Stevens.

The real challenge in hiring workers with a disability lies not in making accommodations for them, but in overcoming other employees' attitudes and perceptions, according to a new white paper on the topic.

"One size doesn't fit all when it comes to Indigenous recruitment", so any strategy in this space needs to be very flexible, says Indigenous recruitment advisor at Qantas, Jason Timor.

Employers are often reluctant to ask how a job applicant with a disability might perform a role, but they should be giving each one "a real opportunity to demonstrate capacity", according to federal Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes.

Employers that have gender diversity goals, yet make simple mistakes when trying to achieve them, risk major setbacks in their progress, says diversity expert Karen Morley.

Five characteristics of good leaders make it imperative to ensure more women reach senior positions in organisations, says experienced board member Anna Booth.

A summit has recommended gender diversity targets - and short timeframes - to address the paucity of women in senior leadership roles, and warns that if these measures fail, "quotas could be just over the horizon".

One of the challenges employers face when it comes to age discrimination is that "you're always going to be discriminating against one age group or another", says Clayton Utz lawyer Stuart Pill.