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Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) in Eliminating Discrimination and Promoting Gender Equality 1 September 2008 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, 133 Castlereagh St GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 Ph. (02) 9284 9600 Download Word Download PDF Table of Contents 1

1. Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 at 359 per Mason CJ and Gaudron J; IW v City of Perth (1997) 191 CLR 1 at 14 per Brennan CJ and McHugh J at 22-23, per Gaudron J, at 27 per Toohey J, at 39 and 41- 42 per Gummow J and 58 per Kirby J; X v Commonwealth (1999) 200 CLR 177 at 223 Kirby J; and Qantas Airways Limited v Christie (1998) 193 CLR 280 at 332 per Kirby J

By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘HREOC’) rejects the application of Griffith City Council (trading as Griffith Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre) (‘the Applicant’) for a temporary exemption pursuant to s 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (‘SDA’).

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…

View the various Human Rights Commission Guidelines. Guidelines cover everything from the role of the President to Discrimination exemptions.

Under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA") and section 46 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 ("SDA") the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 26 November 2002.

Inquiry into the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee 3 November 2010 Download in PDF [80 KB] Download in Word [320 KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 The Bill 5 Commission’s recommendations for amendments to the SDA 5.1 Commission’s

However, if appropriate, and with leave of the Court, the Commissioner reserves the right to make further submissions on legal matters which may arise during the hearing of this matter and after receipt of the respondent’s particularised points of defence. No submissions are to be made in relation to the evidentiary and factual matters that may arise for determination.

The Commission is able to grant temporary exemptions from some parts of the Sex Discrimination Act, the Disability Discrimination Act and the Age Discrimination Act.