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In August 2022, it was formally announced that the Western Australian government is going to reform, update and overhaul the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 – to explicitly include both "gender identity and sex characteristics" and to also repeal the exemption, that legally allows LGBTIQ teachers and students being discriminated against within ...
Northern Territory – Anti-Discrimination Act 1992; Queensland – Anti-Discrimination Act 1991; South Australia – Equal Opportunity Act 1984; Tasmania – Anti-Discrimination Act 1998; Victoria – Equal Opportunity Act 2010 and Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001; Western Australia – Equal Opportunity Act 1984
In August 2022, it was formally announced that the Western Australian government is going to reform, update and overhaul the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 - to explicitly include both "gender identity and sex characteristics" and to also repeal the exemption, that legally allows LGBTIQ teachers and students being discriminated against within ...
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 ...
In 1986, she was appointed a Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, a position she held until 1990. In 1990 she was appointed the third Commissioner for Equal Opportunity appointed by the Government of Victoria under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, an office which she held until 1994.
Anti-Discrimination Act 1996 (Northern Territory) Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 ; Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Victoria) [14] Two other state Acts apply narrower protection to 'religious appearance or dress' (Equal Opportunity Act 1984, South Australia) and 'Ethno-religious or national origin' (Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, New South Wales). It ...
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 (ECOA), signed by President Gerald Ford 50 years ago on Oct. 28, 1974, changed that. It prevented creditors from discriminating against an applicant ...
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 ...