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Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
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To be honest, this is a rare occasion for me. Much of my career has been spent in the monastic cells of academic institutions teaching the young about different legal systems; their origins and growth, their strengths and weaknesses. Your world - the world of business and industry, finances, profit and loss, sales and marketing - is largely foreign to me in a practical sense. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Hunter Community Council was established in 1986 as a peak representative body to support and advocate on behalf of the non-government welfare sector in the Hunter region. In April of this year the Hunter Community Council held a forum attended by welfare agencies representing a wide range of services including: the youth sector, education, mental health, migrant centres and refugee resettlement services, the Catholic Social Justice Commission, and early childhood and family support services. -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: Isma - Listen: National consultations on eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australias
The meeting was organised by Mr Jasmit Singh and attended by Dr Bill Jonas, Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, Meredith Wilkie (notes) and Susanna Iuliano from HREOC. The meeting was attended by eight invited participants from Western Australia's Sikh community. -
2 July 2021Conciliation register
2020-06-04
<p>The complainant is blind. His employer offered him the opportunity to participate in a postgraduate leadership program delivered by the respondent not-for-profit organisation. The complainant said he informed the organisation of his disability on enrolment and requested adjustments to accommodate his disability, including the provision of reading materials in an accessible format.</p> -
26 September 2019Conciliation register
2018-04-03
<p>The complainant has quadruple amputation and uses an electric wheelchair which weighs approximately 180 Kg. He claimed the respondent airline placed a weight limit of 120 Kg on wheelchairs to be carried on the aircraft. The complainant alleged this limit was discriminatory, claiming many electric wheelchairs weighed over 120 Kg and that other airlines did not impose this limit.</p> -
10 February 2021Conciliation register
2020-01-01
<p>The complainant’s 15-year-old son has Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder and can become distressed when in crowded and noisy environments. The complainant claimed he was unable to take his son to a multi-day agricultural show because organisers did not schedule a day with reduced noise and crowds in order to accommodate the needs of people with disability.&nbsp;</p> -
27 September 2019Conciliation register
2018-08-04
<p>The complainant has an assistance dog to help her manage a psychosocial disability. She alleged the respondent private hospital declined her application to participate in a pain management program because she would be accompanied by her assistance dog.</p> -
11 September 2020Conciliation register
2019-01-04
<p>The complainant is deaf and uses a hearing dog. She alleged that the respondent medical service denied or restricted her access to its premises when she was accompanied by her assistance animal.</p> -
3 November 2022
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9 May 2024Conciliation register
2021-06-12
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14 April 2022Conciliation register
2020-04-03
<p>The complainant has schizophrenia and a back injury and was employed in an IT role with the respondent government agency. He alleged he was treated less favourably because he has schizophrenia, including by being excluded from the workplace, being given excessive work to perform at home, having his personal property tampered with and being referred to as ‘weird’. He also alleged the agency failed to accommodate his back injury, including not allowing him to sit during standing meetings, not letting him work part-time and failing to provide easier access to bathroom facilities.</p> -
14 April 2022Conciliation register
2021-02-13
<p>The complainant is Sikh and Punjabi and wears a turban over his unshorn hair. He alleged the respondent university required him to wear the graduation trencher hat in order to participate in his graduation ceremony. The complainant said he could not fit the trencher over his turban and could not remove the turban for religious and practical reasons. He alleged university staff were rude and disrespectful towards him. He said he was eventually permitted to participate in his graduation ceremony without wearing a trencher hat but was deeply affected by the experience.</p> -
10 February 2021Conciliation register
2020-02-06
<p>The Complainant’s primary-school-aged son has autism, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and motor dyspraxia. She said her son had been enrolled in a vacation care program and after-school care program with the respondent out of school hours care provider. The complainant alleged the service declined to enrol her son for future programs because of the cost and other difficulties associated with employing an additional educator to support her son. &nbsp;</p> -
27 September 2019Conciliation register
2018-08-02
<p>The complainant is 64 years of age and applied for the role of flying instructor with the respondent aviation company. He advised he was not offered an interview and claimed the successful applicants were both aged in their thirties, were less experienced than himself and had been trained by him. He also said the company informed him it had believed he held a restricted pilot’s licence. He alleged his application was unsuccessful because of his age and because the company believed him to have a disability.</p> -
15 October 2019Conciliation register
2018-08-09
<p>The complainant is Indigenous and played for the respondent sports club. He advised he was seriously injured during a game and alleged the club treated him less favourably than non-Indigenous players with similar injuries, including by leaving him alone in the change rooms, not providing appropriate medical care, not calling an ambulance until some time after the injury, not following up on his medical care and not arranging for team members to visit him.&nbsp;</p> -
14 April 2022Conciliation register
2021-04-13
<p>The complainant is from Sri Lanka and was employed as a casual team member at the respondent supermarket. He alleged the respondent manager reduced his shifts while employing new Anglo-Saxon/white Australian staff. He also alleged Anglo-Saxon/white Australian staff were allocated less onerous duties, such as selling cigarettes and newspapers and monitoring self-checkout counters as opposed to packing bags or heavy lifting. The complainant further alleged the respondent manager intervened to prevent him from attending a leadership workshop.&nbsp;</p> -
21 May 2020Conciliation register
2018-11-14
<p>The complainant’s 17-year-old daughter has auditory processing disorder, memory problems, learning difficulties and anxiety. The complainant’s daughter attended the respondent public high school but was often absent due to her disability. The complainant claimed the school gave her daughter poor marks in some subjects due to low attendance, but took no steps to ascertain the reason for the absences or to accommodate her disability. The complainant claimed that her daughter was therefore not eligible to complete her final year of school exams.</p> -
8 April 2022Conciliation register
2020-10-08
<p>The complainant’s son has fragile X syndrome and an intellectual disability and needs assistance when handling money, paying bills and accessing his bank account. The complainant had been assisting her son with his banking at the respondent bank and claimed the bank told her that third-party authorisation would continue after he turned 18. She alleged that when her son turned 18, the bank would no longer permit her to access his account or banking details.</p>