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Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law 2005: Chapter 5: The Disability Discrimination Act
Chapter 5: The Disability Discrimination Act 5.1 Introduction to the DDA 5.1.1 Scope of the DDA 5.1.2 Limited Application Provisions and Constitutionality 5.1.3 Retrospectivity of the DDA 5.2 Disability Discrimination Defined 5.2.1 'Disability' Defined 5.2.2 Direct Discrimination under the DDA 5.2.3 Indirect Discrimination under the DDA 5.2.4 Other Grounds: Aids, Assistants and Assistance… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave (2008)
Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave Submission of the Australian Human Rights Commission to the Productivity Commission 24 November 2008 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, 133 Castlereagh St GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 Ph. (02) 9284 9600 Download Word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 The Commission’s work in this area 5… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: Video Evidence
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) has been invited by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee (‘the Committee’) to make submissions on the Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Evidence and Other Measures) Bill 2005 (‘the Bill’). The Commission welcomes the opportunity to make this submission and… -
14 December 2012Book page
AusHRC 50:Campbell v Black & White Cabs Pty Ltd and Tighe
Pursuant to s 31(b)(ii) of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth), I attach my report of an inquiry into the complaint made by Mr Norman Campbell of discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record by Black & White Cabs Pty Ltd and Mr John Tighe. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Proposed minor native title amendments (2009)
Proposed minor native title amendments Submission by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in response to the Attorney-General’s discussion paper on proposed minor native title amendments 19 February 2009 (extension granted) Download in Word [519KB] Download in PDF [194KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Overview of Recommendations Part I – Australian Human… -
Disability Rights15 September 2014Publication
National Disability Forum 2014 - Summary of Survey Results
Australian Human Rights Commission National Disability Forum 2014 Summary of Survey Results 15 September 2014 Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Purpose 3 Focus and structure 4 Method 5 Survey results 5.1 Respondent Information 5.2 Disability Rights Generally 5.3 Disability Rights and Employment 5.4 The Commission’s Roles and Priorities 1. Background On 14 July 2014 newly appointed Acting… -
15 July 2014Book page
Chapter 2: Looking back on 20 years of native title and the Social Justice Commissioner role
2.1 Introduction [1] Successive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioners (Social Justice Commissioners) have always shown constant leadership and advocacy in reporting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights to our lands and waters in the 19 Native Title Reports written between 1994 and 2012. [2] These Reports consistently show that social justice… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2004 : Introduction
This, my first report under s209 of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (NTA), is part of a larger project that commenced prior to my appointment as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in July 2004. The project aims to investigate how native title can be utilised to improve the economic and social conditions of Indigenous peoples' lives.