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The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) [1] is an Act of the Australian Parliament, which was enacted on 11 June 1975 and passed by the Whitlam government.The Act makes racial discrimination in certain contexts unlawful in Australia, and also overrides state and territory legislation to the extent of any inconsistency.
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 Territory) Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Victoria) Racial Discrimination Act 1975; Sex ...
Justice Gyles held that the Collective had knowledge of the presence of one of the offensive postings in the forum (which they had denied), and had failed to remove it. However, there was no evidence that they had failed to remove it because of the Jewish race or ethnicity of Silberberg, as required by the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth ...
Age Discrimination Act 2004; Disability Discrimination Act 1992; Racial Discrimination Act 1975; Sex Discrimination Act 1984; Complaints for unlawful discrimination under one of the federal laws can be made to the Australian Human Rights Commission under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986. [1] [3]
Pages in category "Anti-discrimination law in Australia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It is a section of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, [2] which was passed by the Australian Parliament during the term of the Whitlam government and makes racial discrimination unlawful in Australia. Section 18C was added by the Keating government in 1995. [3] The Section has been controversial and subject to much debate. [4] [5] [6] [7]
(7:0) The 1992 and 1993 amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 purported to vest judicial power in the Commission contrary to Ch III of the Constitution and hence were invalid. Brandy v Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ( HREOC ) was a case before the High Court of Australia determining that the HREOC could not validly ...
Racial Discrimination Act may refer to: Racial Discrimination Act 1975 – an Act passed by the Australian government making racial discrimination unlawful Racial Discrimination Act 1944 – an Act passed on a provincial level prior to the Canadian Human Rights Act