the australian census of women in leadership shows found that the percentage of women on the boards of companies on the asx is only per cent australian government furthermore the number of women holding senior manager positions within asx companies is only per cent australian government women are better represented within the public sector and as of constitute per cent of that workforce nonetheless even within this sector the number of women decreases with higher seniority levels only per cent of women are in senior executive service ses band positions compared to per cent in ses band positions dpmc no date