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LGBTIQ+15 August 2023Media Release
Commission welcomes resolution in Census inclusion complaint
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) today welcomes the resolution of a discrimination complaint brought against the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) over the 2021 Census. The complaint, filed with the AHRC by community organisation Equality Australia and individual April Long, argued that the survey failed to ask meaningful questions to properly count members of the LGBTIQA+ -
LGBTIQ+18 June 2013Project
New protection
New protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status What is changing? From 1 August 2013 it became unlawful to discriminate against a person on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status under federal law. Same-sex couples are also protected from discrimination under the definition of ‘marital or relationship… -
LGBTIQ+7 September 2017Publication
Religious exemptions under the SDA - Information Sheet (2017)
This information sheet gives an overview of the religious exemptions to unlawful discrimination in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA).