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The Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 is an act of the Parliament of Queensland that provides protection against unfair discrimination, sexual harassment, and other objectionable conduct. [1] The Act was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 3 December 1991, received assent on 9 December 1991, and commenced on 30 June 1992.
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.
Queensland has historically been Australia's most conservative state, concentrated in the decentralised regional/rural areas to the north and west of the metropolitan south-east corner, [12] but the impact of social conservatism on Queensland politics and laws has declined significantly in the 21st century.
However, in response to Australia's agreement to implement the principle of non-discrimination in employment and occupation pursuant to the International Labour Organisation Convention No.111 (ILO 111), the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 established the HREOC, and empowers it to investigate complaints of discrimination ...
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 ...
The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 forbids hate speech on several grounds. The Act makes it "unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if: the act is reasonably likely, in all the circumstances, to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or a group of people; and the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person, or ...
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 ...
In Leeth v Commonwealth, John Toohey and William Deane attempted to find an implied right to equality under Commonwealth law, but Anthony Mason, Daryl Dawson and Michael McHugh found that "no general requirement contained in the Constitution that Commonwealth laws should have a uniform operation throughout the Commonwealth".