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Rights and Freedoms
12 March 2024Media ReleaseHistoric forum to build momentum for Australian Human Rights Act
Revitalising Australia’s human rights framework – including efforts to introduce an Australian Human Rights Act – will be the focus of a landmark conference in June during the Vivid Sydney festival. Presented by the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Free + Equal Human Rights Conference will take place over 6 and 7 June at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney and will include 12 engaging… -
Age Discrimination
20 December 2023SubmissionAustralia Post Services Modernisation
The Australian Human Rights Commission provided this submission to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (the Department) regarding the modernisation of Australian postal services. The Commission did this in response to the ‘ Postal Services Modernisation: Discussion Paper’. While recognising the need for modernisation of postal… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012WebpagePublic transport FAQ
The DDA states (in section 34) that actions that comply with a Disability Standard are protected from being unlawful under the general anti-discrimination provisions of the DDA. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSubmission on the Age Discrimination Bill 2003
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee on the Age Discrimination Bill 2003 3 September 2003 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Commission) welcomes the federal government's proposal in the Age Discrimination Bill 2003 ('the Bill') to make discrimination because of age unlawful. 1.2 The concept of age discrimination is not… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law 2005: Chapter 2: The Age Discrimination Act
Chapter 2: The Age Discrimination Act 2.1 Introduction to the ADA 2.1.1 Background 2.1.2 Structure of the ADA 2.1.3 Application of the ADA 2.1.4 Offences 2.2 Age Discrimination Defined 2.2.1 'Age' Defined 2.2.2 Direct Discrimination 2.2.3 Indirect Discrimination 2.2.4 The 'Dominant Reason' Test 2.2.5 Age Discrimination and Disability Discrimination 2.2.6 Discrimination against a relative or … -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendix B: Types of mental illness
The following information provides a brief overview of mental illness. It is important to have an understanding of what mental illness is and its possible effects on a worker as this helps you to be more effective in handling issues that may arise. However, you do not need to become an expert in mental health nor are you required to assess whether a worker has a mental illness. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Impact of organised crime (2007)
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission President The Hon. John von Doussa, QC 27 February 2007 Dr Jacqueline Dewar Committee Secretary Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 BY EMAIL: acc.committee@aph.gov.au Dear Dr Dewar Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian society Thank you for your … -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian society
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission President The Hon. John von Doussa, QC 27 February 2007 Dr Jacqueline Dewar Committee Secretary Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 BY EMAIL: acc.committee@aph.gov.au Dear Dr Dewar Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian society Thank you for your … -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 2 - The Age Discrimination Act
Chapter 2 The Age Discrimination Act Back to index Download Chapter 2 in PDF [171 KB] Download Chapter 2 in Word [203 KB] 2.1 Introduction to the ADA 2.1.1 Background 2.1.2 Structure of the ADA 2.1.3 Application of the ADA 2.1.4 Offences 2.2 Age Discrimination Defined 2.2.1 ‘Age’ defined 2.2.2 Direct discrimination 2.2.3 Indirect discrimination 2.2.4 The ‘dominant reason’ test 2.2.5 Age -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Cinema captioning exemption application: Request for responses to issues raised in submissions
I write to you concerning your application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) for a Temporary Exemption in relation to the provision of captioning and audio description.