The Suspension and Reinstatement of the RDA and Special Measures in the NTER
Race Discrimination
The Suspension and Reinstatement of the RDA and Special Measures in the NTER
Table of Contents
- Summary
- 1. Background: suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) (RDA) under the NTER Legislation
- 1.1. Suspension of the NTER Act, the SSWP Act and the FCSIA Act from the operation of Part II of the RDA (prohibition on racial discrimination).
- 1.2. Deeming of acts done pursuant to the NTER Act, the SSWP Act and the FCSIA Act to ‘special measures’ for the purposes of s 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).
- 2. Proposed change in the 2009 Welfare Reform Bill
- 3. The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the 2009 Welfare Reform Bill
- 4. The 2010 Welfare Reform Act
- 5. Conclusion: outstanding issues since the 2010 Act
- 6. Postscript
- Annexure A Special measures and application of discrimination law to NTER legislation
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (Cth)
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007 (Cth)
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Act 2007 (Cth)
- Annexure B Objects clauses dealing with special measures
