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A quick guide to Australian discrimination laws

A quick guide to Australian discrimination lawsOver the past 30 years the Commonwealth Government and the state and territory governments have introduced laws to help protect people from discrimination and following laws operate at a federal level and the Australian Human Rights Commission has statutory responsibilities under them: Age discrimination Act 2004 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 Disability discrimination Act 1992 Racial discrimination Act 1975 Sex discrimination Act following laws operate at a state and territory level, with state and territory equal opportunity and anti- discrimination agencies having statutory responsibilities under them: Australian Capital Territory discrimination Act 1991 New South Wales Anti- discrimination Act 1977 Northern Territory Anti- discrimination Act 1996 Queensland Anti- discrimination Act 1991 South Australia Equal Opportunity Act 1984 Tasmania Anti- discrimination Act 1998 Victoria Equal Opportunity Act 2010 Western Australia Equal Opportunity Act laws and the state/territory laws generally overlap and prohibit the same type of discrimination .

A quick guide to Australian discrimination laws • 3 Legislation and grounds of discrimination Areas covered Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Discrimination on the basis of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, and in some circumstances, immigrant status. Racial hatred, defined as a public act/s likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate on the basis of race, is …

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