the anti discrimination act was introduced in australia on 1 june 1977.
the anti discrimination act was introduced in australia on 1 june 1977.
when was the anti discrimination act introduced in australia?
1 june 1977
bullet::::- race (including ethno-religion)









































bullet::::- homosexuality (actual or perceived)









































bullet::::- marital or domestic status









































bullet::::- age (present or future)









































bullet::::- transgender (including transsexuality)









































bullet::::- carer’s responsibilities (but only within employment).









































section::::development of the nsw anti-discrimination act 1977.









































the act was granted royal assent on 28 april 1977 and came into effect on 1 june 1977. it was the 48th act of 1977. since then the act has been amended and reformed about 90 times.









































section::::anti-discrimination board of nsw.
anti-discrimination act 1977
the initial trial of the claims of lex, agnes and cecilia wotton, and the issues common to their claims and the claims of the class members was heard in townsville over a total of 22 days, between september 2015 and may 2016. on 5 december 2016, justice mortimer handed down a 1,806 paragraph judgment, declaring that:″1. in relation to the applicants and group members as defined in the further amended originating application filed 25 august 2015, detective inspector warren webber, detective senior sergeant raymond joseph kitching and inspector mark williams committed unlawful discrimination, in contravention of section 9(1) of the "racial discrimination act" 1975 (cth), by failing to treat senior sergeant christopher hurley as a suspect in the death of cameron doomadgee and by allowing senior sergeant hurley to continue to perform policing duties on palm island between 19 and 22 november 2004.2. in relation to the applicants and group members, between 19 and 22 november 2004, detective inspector webber and detective senior sergeant kitching committed unlawful discrimination, in contravention of section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act, in their treatment of aboriginal witnesses interviewed, and in their treatment of information supplied by those witnesses, for the purposes of the investigation by the queensland police service into the death of cameron doomadgee.3. in relation to the applicants and group members, between 19 and 22 november 2004, detective senior sergeant kitching committed unlawful discrimination, in contravention of section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act, in submitting inaccurate information to the coroner, and in failing to supply relevant information to the coroner, for the purposes of the coronial investigation into the death of cameron doomadgee.4. in relation to the applicants and group members, the failure of any officer of the queensland police service with appropriate command responsibilities, including inspector gregory strohfeldt and acting assistant commissioner roy wall, to suspend senior sergeant hurley from active duty on palm island after the death of cameron doomadgee on 19 november 2004 constituted unlawful discrimination in contravention of section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act.5. in relation to the applicants and group members, the failure of any officer of the queensland police service with appropriate command responsibilities on palm island between 22 and 26 november 2004, including inspector brian richardson and senior sergeant roger whyte, to communicate effectively with the palm island community and defuse tensions within that community relating to the death in custody of cameroon doomadgee, and the subsequent police investigation, constituted unlawful discrimination in contravention of section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act.6. in relation to the applicants and group members, detective inspector webber, in making at 1.45 pm on 26 november 2004 and continuing until 8.10 am on 28 november 2004 a declaration of an emergency situation under section 5 of the public safety preservation act 1986 (qld) engaged in unlawful discrimination in contravention of section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act.7. in using officers of the special emergency response team to carry out the arrest of the first applicant on 27 november 2004, officers of the queensland police service with command responsibilities for the police operations on palm island at that time, including detective inspector webber, inspector steven underwood and inspector glenn kachel, engaged in unlawful discrimination in contravention of section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act.8. in using officers of the special emergency response team on 27 november 2004 to carry out the entry and search of the house of the first and third applicants, officers of the queensland police service with command responsibilities for the police operations on palm island at that time, including detective inspector webber, inspector underwood and inspector kachel, engaged in unlawful discrimination contrary to section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act.9. in using officers of the special emergency response team on 27 november 2004 to carry out the entry and search of the house of the second applicant, officers of the queensland police service with command responsibilities for the police operations on palm island at that time, including detective inspector webber, inspector underwood and inspector kachel, engaged in unlawful discrimination contrary to section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act.10. pursuant to section 18a of the racial discrimination act, the racial discrimination act applies in relation to the first respondent as if the first respondent had engaged in the conduct of the officers of the queensland police service referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 above, and the first respondent is taken to have contravened section 9(1) of the racial discrimination act in the manner there set out.″justice mortimer also ordered that the state of queensland pay $95,000 in compensation to lex wotton, $10,000 to agnes wotton, and $115,000 to cecilia wotton. according to the wottons' legal team, the judgment left the door open for potentially hundreds of claims for compensation by aboriginal residents of palm island who were affected by the police conduct.
trial of lex wotton