Anti-discrimination laws - Australian Security Industry Association Ltd (ASIAL)

Anti-discrimination and equal opportunity

State / Territory Legislation

All States and Territories have legislation regarding discrimination and equal opportunity. There are naturally differences between them, but in general terms, the areas they cover include:
• gender
• age
• nationality, ethnicity or race
• marital status
• sexual preference
• religious beliefs
• disability (physical or mental).

Please take into consideration the legislation applying to the state or territory in which you are operating.
You can find further information about legislation, and the regulations that flow from the legislation, on the AustLII (the Australasian Legal Information Institute) website, a joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law.

Australasian Legal Information Institute

Federal Legislation

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

The Commission has responsibilities for inquiring into alleged infringements under five anti-discrimination laws - the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Age Discrimination Act 2004 as well as inquiring into alleged infringements of human rights under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986.

Racial Discrimination Act 1975

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

Sex Discrimination Act 1984

Age Discrimination Act 2004

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986