Past decisions
Review past decisions on rights and freedoms to understand how human rights protections have been applied and interpreted in Australian cases.
Summary
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APPLICANT |
APPLICANT | SUMMARY | APPLICATION | SUBMISSIONS | DECISION | DATE GAZETTED | DATE OF EXPIRY |
| Caloundra Gardens | Applicant seeks to restrict residence at Caloundra Gardens Retirement Village to persons over 50 years of age. | Caloundra Gardens Application PDF | Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland PDF Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia PDF Residents PDF | Granted Decision PDF | 16 May 2012 | 3 May 2015 |
| Department of Family and Community Services, Ageing Disability and Home Care | Applicant seeks to restrict admission to a licensed boarding house to persons over 18 years of age. | People with Disability PDF Tenants Union PDF | Granted Decision PDF | 25 January 2012 | 18 January 2013 | |
| Carnival Australia | Applicant seeks to restrict participation in its cruises to persons over 19 years of age, unless accompanied by a responsible adult, between 1 November and 7 January annually; and permit a quota of 60 passengers per cruise who are under 19 years of age and not accompanied by a responsible adult between 8 January and 31 January annually. | Granted Decision WORD | 12 January 2011 | 22 June 2013 | ||
| Carnival Australia | Applicant seeks to restrict participation in its cruises to persons over 21 years of age, unless accompanied by a parent of guardian. | Carnival Australia Application PDF | National Children's and Youth Law Centre PDF Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Tasmania PDF Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission PDF Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia PDF Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian PDF Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales PDF | Denied Decision | 18 November 2009 | |
| University of Western Sydney | Applicant seeks to offer three ‘end of career transitioning schemes' to permanent academic staff, where expressions of interest in the schemes would be accepted or rejected on the basis of age. | Denied Decision | 5 December 2007 | |||
| Youth Connect | Applicant seeks to advertise employment vacancies specifically for young people between 15 and 24 years of age. | Denied Decision | 22 August 2007 | |||
| Department of Health and Ageing | Applicant seeks a 12 month extension to the previous temporary exemption granted to the Department. | Granted Decision | 31 May 2006 | 30 June 2007 | ||
| Department of Health and Ageing | Applicant seeks to provide assistance in reducing the costs of continence aids to persons between 16 and 65 years of age. Persons over the age of 65 years would only be eligible for assistance if they worked in paid employment for at least 8 hours per week. | Granted Decision | 17 August 2005 | 30 June 2006 | ||
| Plus 40 Pty Ltd | Applicant seeks to restrict the use of its employment and training services to persons over 40 years of age. | Denied Decision | 7 September 2005 |
