The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 makes disability discrimination unlawful and aims to promote equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities.
Under the Act, individuals can lodge complaints of discrimination and harassment with the Australian Human Rights Commission.
We undertake a wide range of activities to assist individuals and organisations to understand their rights and meet their legal responsibilities.
As part of our role, we conduct public inquiries, negotiate disability guidelines and standards, support organisations to develop Disability Action Plans and run community education programs.
This work is led by Graeme Innes AM, the Disability Discrimination Commissioner and Human Rights Commissioner.
What's new
- Webwatch: Access issues on Australian Government sites
- Open letter: body corporate responsibilities
- Revised exemption application: free to air television captioning
- Exemption application: Air South
- More: see site updates
Current projects
- Update newsletter: latest edition August 2008
- 2008-09 draft workplan now available for comment
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: latest news
