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Organisation	Role
Australian Human Rights Commission https://www.humanrights.gov.au/ ph 1300 656 419	The Commission’s National Information Service provides employers and employees with information about their obligations and rights under the Sex Discrimination Act. A key role of the Commission is to investigate and conciliate complaints of discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act. The Commission is not a court and cannot decide if discrimination has happened. The Commission’s role is to get both sides of the story and help those involved try to resolve the complaint. If the complaint cannot be resolved or is terminated for some other reason, such as that the complaint is lacking in substance or has already been adequately dealt with, the complainant has the option of making an application to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia or the Federal Court of Australia. The court can determine if discrimination has happened. A complainant under the Sex Discrimination Actcannot go straight to court. It must first go to the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Fair Work Ombudsman http://www.fairwork.gov.au/ ph 13 13 94	The Fair Work Ombudsman helps employers and employees understand their rights and responsibilities at work. Fair Work Ombudsman works with employees, employers and the community to educate and encourage compliance with Australia’s workplace laws. The Fair Work Ombudsman can investigate suspected breaches of workplace laws.
Fair Work Commission https://www.fwc.gov.au/ ph 1300 799 675	The Fair Work Commission’s role includes: determining unfair dismissal applications resolving unlawful termination claims, general protection/adverse action claims (such as discrimination) – including termination and complaints about conduct during employment, can also determine general protection/adverse action claims involving dismissal by arbitration making orders to stop bullying at work.
State and Territory Anti-Discrimination bodies	Each state and territory has its own anti-discrimination body. These are: ACT: Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commission http://hrc.act.gov.au/ NSW: Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales https://antidiscrimination.nsw.gov.au/ NT: Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission http://www.adc.nt.gov.au/ QLD: Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/ SA: South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission http://www.eoc.sa.gov.au/ TAS: Tasmanian Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner https://equalopportunity.tas.gov.au/ VIC: Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/ WA: Western Australian Equal Opportunity Commission http://www.eoc.wa.gov.au/
Commonwealth, State and Territory based work health and safety authorities	In relation to work health and safety - education, assistance, compliance, investigations, enforcement and prosecutions. Further information about each Authority and their contact details is available on the Safe Work Australia website: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/

Organisation

Role

Australian Human Rights Commission

https://www.humanrights.gov.au/

ph 1300 656 419

The Commission’s National Information Service provides employers and employees with information about their obligations and rights under the Sex Discrimination Act.

A key role of the Commission is to investigate and conciliate complaints of discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act.

The Commission is not a court and cannot decide if discrimination has happened. The Commission’s role is to get both sides of the story and help those involved try to resolve the complaint.

If the complaint cannot be resolved or is terminated for some other reason, such as that the complaint is lacking in substance or has already been adequately dealt with, the complainant has the option of making an application to the Federal Circuit Court of Australia or the Federal Court of Australia. The court can determine if discrimination has happened.

A complainant under the Sex Discrimination Actcannot go straight to court. It must first go to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Fair Work Ombudsman

http://www.fairwork.gov.au/

ph 13 13 94

The Fair Work Ombudsman helps employers and employees understand their rights and responsibilities at work. Fair Work Ombudsman works with employees, employers and the community to educate and encourage compliance with Australia’s workplace laws.

The Fair Work Ombudsman can investigate suspected breaches of workplace laws.

Fair Work Commission

https://www.fwc.gov.au/

ph 1300 799 675

The Fair Work Commission’s role includes:

determining unfair dismissal applications
resolving unlawful termination claims, general protection/adverse action claims (such as discrimination) – including termination and complaints about conduct during employment, can also determine general protection/adverse action claims involving dismissal by arbitration
making orders to stop bullying at work.

State and Territory Anti-Discrimination bodies

Each state and territory has its own anti-discrimination body.

These are:

ACT: Australian Capital Territory Human Rights Commission

http://hrc.act.gov.au/

NSW: Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales

https://antidiscrimination.nsw.gov.au/

NT: Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission

http://www.adc.nt.gov.au/

QLD: Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland

http://www.adcq.qld.gov.au/

SA: South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission

http://www.eoc.sa.gov.au/

TAS: Tasmanian Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner

https://equalopportunity.tas.gov.au/

VIC: Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission

http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/

WA: Western Australian Equal Opportunity Commission

http://www.eoc.wa.gov.au/

Commonwealth, State and Territory based work health and safety authorities

In relation to work health and safety - education, assistance, compliance, investigations, enforcement and prosecutions.

Further information about each Authority and their contact details is available on the Safe Work Australia website: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/

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