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The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) is an Act passed by the Parliament of Australia in which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, education, publicly available premises, provision of goods and services, accommodation, clubs and associations, and other contexts. Discrimination is defined to include ...
Discrimination against persons with disabilities in various contexts is prohibited under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA). The Act makes it unlawful to treat a disabled person less favorably, or to fail to make reasonable adjustments for the person, in the contexts of employment, education, publicly available premises ...
On 7 June 1999, Maguire made a complaint to the human rights and equal opportunity commission (HREOC), alleging that the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) had discriminated against him as a person disabled, in contravention of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 [1] in three aspects: the failure to provide braille copies of the information required to order Olympic ...
Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (formerly Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986) The Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 articulates the Australian Human ...
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a number of countries have passed laws aimed at reducing discrimination against people with disabilities.These laws have begun to appear as the notion of civil rights has become more influential globally, and follow other forms of anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation aimed at preventing racial discrimination and sexism which began to ...
SOCOG initially objected to the Commission hearing the complaint on jurisdictional grounds. SOCOG argued it was a government agency and not a trading corporation and therefore not captured by section 12 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Instead, SOCOG argued the complaint should be heard by State disability tribunals.
Nov. 8—Over 30 years after the Lindhurst High School school shooting, 52-year-old death row inmate Eric Houston is filing another appeal, claiming that a developmental disability should overturn ...
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 Territory) Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Victoria) Racial ...