AQIA recognises the immense value that diversity brings to the workplace, fostering growth, creativity, innovation, and overall success.
We were honoured to have Paralympic Gold Medallist and OAM Matt Levy as AQIA’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisor during 2025. Matt’s role was to help employers in our industry — clubs and organisations like yours — to employ people from diverse communities, including people with disabilities, people from multicultural backgrounds, First Nations people, and the neurodiverse.
Matt acted as the conduit between employers and diverse employees, breaking down barriers and building bridges that empower underrepresented communities to access exciting opportunities within Active Industry organisations. During his time at AQIA, Matt created a wealth of resources to help both clubs and diverse candidates that can be viewed and downloaded below.
For employers, Matt can educate organisations on the proven benefits of diversity in the workplace, as well as offer practical help on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of inclusive hiring.
From the employee end, Matt is here to showcase the incredible opportunities across the Active Industry, as well as helping diverse candidates navigate the hiring process to secure employment.
Assistance includes:
Matt is a multiple-gold-medallist, author, and motivational speaker, and has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his incredible work in the Disability and Inclusion space. In 1987, Matt Levy was born prematurely at 25 weeks. He has cerebral palsy, is legally blind, and has had nearly 50 operations on his heart, lungs, ears and brain. Matt is also a swimmer. He has competed at five consecutive Paralympic Games, winning 3 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze medals. He also swam at 5 World Swimming Championships, winning 20 international medals and holding 4 World Records. Matt has a degree in Business (Management), an Australian Institute of Company Directors qualification and MBA (Leadership), as well as an OAM for services to sport.
Please download our resources for employers and job seekers. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Please send us an email using the contact form below detailing what you need and we will endeavour to help!
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Active Queenslander Industry Alliance
This project is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through its Workforce Connect Fund.
