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LEGISLATION


The Commission investigates alleged infringements under the following legislation:

  • ''Racial Discrimination Act 1975''

  • ''Sex Discrimination Act 1984''

  • ''Disability Discrimination Act 1992''

  • ''Age Discrimination Act 2004''

  • ''Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986''



PUBLIC INQUIRIES


One of the more visible functions of the Commission is to conduct public inquiries. Some examples of inquires conducted include:

  • Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Inquiry into financial and workplace discrimination against same-sex couples

  • Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families

  • National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention

  • Homeless Children Inquiry

  • Pregnancy Discrimination Inquiry

  • Inquiry into the Accessibility of electronic commerce and new service and information technologies for older Australians and people with a disability

  • Inquiry into Human Rights and Good Governance Education in the Asia Pacific Region

  • MacLennan-Hookham suspension



GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUALITY

Private members, the Greens party and the Democrats party have tried to add " Sexuality " and/or " Gender Identity " to the list of matters that can be investigated by the Commission, which has always failed to pass at least one house of parliament since 1995 and even today, because of a lack of support from the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition in the federal parliament.http://www.democrats.org.au/news/index.htm?press_id=5948&display=1


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