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Anti-discrimination laws in Australia have been enacted at both federal and state/territory levels to outlaw discrimination and harassment in a range of areas of public life. [1] Federal law operate concurrently with state/territory laws, so both sets of laws must be followed.
In June 2018, both houses (the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly) of the Parliament of New South Wales unanimously passed and the Governor of New South Wales signed a Bill without amendment called the Crimes Amendment (Publicly Threatening and Inciting Violence) Bill 2018 [4] to repeal the 1989 vilification laws within the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 and replace it with ...
Anti-discrimination laws in Australia. Age Discrimination Act 2004; Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Queensland) Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (New South Wales) Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Victoria) Disability Discrimination Act 1992; Human Rights Act 2004 (Australian Capital ...
As of 2023, the NSW government is “commissioning a review” as formally announced - to the nearly 50 year old Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 legislation. [67] Federal law also protects LGBT and Intersex people in New South Wales in the form of the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act 2013. [68]
Human rights in Australia have largely been developed by the democratically elected Australian Parliament through laws in specific contexts (rather than a stand-alone, abstract bill of rights) and safeguarded by such institutions as the independent judiciary and the High Court, which implement common law, the Australian Constitution, and various other laws of Australia and its states and ...
Current events; Random article; ... Anti-discrimination laws in Australia; A. Age Discrimination Act 2004; Anti-Discrimination Act 1977; Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 ...
It is responsible for investigating alleged infringements of Australia's anti-discrimination legislation in relation to federal agencies. The Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 articulates the Australian Human Rights Commission's role and responsibilities.
Anti-discrimination legislation LGBT military personnel can serve openly Right to change legal gender without sex reassignment surgery Gender self-identification; Australia (2017) (2009) (1984, under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984) (1992 for LGB people; 2010 for trans people)