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The Australian Human Rights Commission is the national human rights institution of the Commonwealth of Australia, established in 1986 as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and renamed in 2008. It is a statutory body funded by, but operating independently of, the Australian Government.
The Australian Human Rights Commission, an independent government body, expressed its own "serious reservations" over the proposed law in an analysis published last week.
The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) (previously known as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) is a national independent statutory body of the Australian government. Established under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth), [ 24 ] it has responsibility for the investigation of alleged infringements under ...
The Act makes racial discrimination in certain contexts unlawful in Australia, and also overrides state and territory legislation to the extent of any inconsistency. The Act is administered by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). The president of the commission is responsible for investigating complaints.
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]
The Human Rights Act 2004 is an Act of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly that recognises the fundamental human rights of individuals. Ratified by the Australia Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly on the 1 July 2004, it was among the first of its kind to define and enshrine human rights into Australian law by establishing civil, political, economic, social and ...
(b) the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the other person or of some or all of the people in the group. Note: Subsection (1) makes certain acts unlawful. Section 46P of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 allows people to make complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission about unlawful ...
Persons of any age can be discriminated against within the meaning of the act. [2] Some exemptions are provided, including for religious organisations, charitable organisations and positive discrimination. Complaints of discrimination must first be made to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), where a conciliation process can be initiated.