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Disability Rights
2 May 2016Publication
Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination
Learn how the right to work is a fundamental human right, though one that many older people and people with disability in Australia do not enjoy. -
Legal
21 June 2018PublicationBE v Suncorp Group Ltd (2018)
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Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submissions on Temporary exemption application under DDA section 55: Broadcast television captioning
Submissions on Temporary exemption application under DDA section 55: Broadcast television captioning see also: notice of application . Submissions requested by 9 May 2003 to disabdis@humanrights.gov.au . Deafness Council Western Australia Australian Association of the Deaf Deafness Forum of Australia M.Wren S.Swann (MS Word doc) M.Fay A.Selby Smith J.Clark A.Porter A.Lill P.Abernethy People… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submissions on CASA exemption application
Airservices Australia (MS Word) A. Denman (MS Word) Dr A.Pape Flight Attendants Association W.Hamilton (MS Word) Civil Air Association (MS Word) R.Stanbury D.Nixon H.Sayers H.Ragg Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association / Association of Women Pilots (MS Word) -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Redundancy Arrangements and Age Discrimination
This report concerns discrimination on the ground of age in employment and occupation. It deals with complaints against two state government employers about the use of age distinctions in the formulation of redundancy entitlements. The complainants submitted that the monetary value of the voluntary departure packages they received as employees over the age of 50, and on one case over 60, were… -
Legal
10 October 2014Submission
Inquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
Strengthening Human Rights Education in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum: Foundation to Year 10
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
Inquiry into Warrant Powers and Procedures
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
Inquiry into Children, Young People and the Built Environment
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
The Inquiry into the 2007 Federal Election
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
The Inquiry into the 2007 Federal Election
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
Sentencing of Federal Offenders
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to the Australia 2020 Summit April 2008
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Legal
17 July 2013Submission
Submission to the Family Law Council Discussion Paper on Relocation
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Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechSociety of University Lawyers
When I was invited to give this address, my first thought was to talk about unlawful discrimination in the context of higher education and, in particular, disability discrimination. -
Legal
8 July 2014Submission
Inquiry into Grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren
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Legal
18 April 2013Submission
Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual assault
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5 March 2013Speech
Women in Leadership: Equality and the Business Case
Speech delivered to the 25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Application for temporary exemption - Melbourne trams
This is the text of an exemption application lodged with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission by the applicants named below. It represents the applicants' views and is not a Commission document. It is posted on this site to facilitate public comment. Please refer to the Information Sheet for information about how to obtain hard copies. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Decision on cinema captioning temporary exemption application
The Commission has considered the application from Hoyts Corporation, Greater Union Organisation, Village Cinemas and Reading Cinemas for temporary exemption under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ( the DDA) in relation to the provision of captions and audio description in cinemas operated by the applicants.