Download or read book Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 written by Australia. Productivity Commission and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) is about providing a fair go for Australians with disabilities. Its focus is on addressing the physical and attitudinal barriers that prevent people with disabilities from making the most of their abilities and participating more fully in the community...This inquiry examines the DDA's progress over the past decade and explores ways to improve its efficiency and effectiveness." -- from the Overview, p. xxvii.
Download or read book Disability in Australia written by Gerard Goggin and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dares to name and explore a hidden blight in society: the routine, daily and oppressive treatment of people with disabilities. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from health and welfare, sport, biotechnology, deinstitutionalisation, political life, and the treatment of refugees, this thoughtful, lively and provocative work puts disability firmly on the agenda.
Download or read book Discrimination Law and Practice written by Chris Ronalds and published by Federation Press. This book was released on 2012-07-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal textbook on the practical application of Australian discrimination law is suitable for all involved in this branch of the law – lawyers, business people, human resources and industrial relations staff, advocates and students. Discrimination Law and Practice examines important recent cases in key areas of discrimination law and particularly in all aspects of employment and harassment, the provision of goods and services and education.
Download or read book Disability Discrimination Law in the United States Australia and Canada written by Gerard Quinn and published by Dublin : Oak Tree Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comparative study surveys the laws affecting individuals with disabilities in three jurisdictions that have recently enacted significant new legislation: the United States, Australia and Canada. The authors describe the underlying philosophy of the legislation in each country and provide an accurate portrayal of the content, enforcement mechanisms and effectiveness of each.
Download or read book Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia An Introduction written by Beth Gaze and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction explores four decades of anti-discrimination laws in Australia. Beth Gaze and Belinda Smith argue that effective laws protecting against and deterring discrimination are vital for a fair future, and emphasise the theoretical and social contexts that underpin this area of the law. The text is divided into three sections: the first addresses the social and conceptual context, history and framework of anti-discrimination laws; the second analyses the main elements of the law and the processes of enforcement; and the third explores broader avenues for pursuing equality beyond simply prohibiting discrimination. Written in a clear and concise style, Equality and Discrimination Law in Australia: An Introduction is a vital resource for students.
Download or read book The Disability Discrimination Act Australia written by Glenn Patmore and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Australian Parliament enacted the Disability Discrimination Act ("DDA") in 1992. This article explores how effectively the DDA eliminates discrimination against people with disabilities in the employment context. It addresses some key problems with the DDA by considering the need for reform of the purposes, definitions, prohibitions, exemptions, and remedies of disability discrimination provided for in the Act. One of the aims of the article is to assess some key findings and recommendations of a Productivity Commission's report, entitled, "Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992," taking legislative developments and judicial interpretation of the Act into account. The paper concludes that there is a compelling case for reform of the key provisions of the DDA to better promote the protections against employment discrimination and enhance the equality of people with disabilities in the employment context.
Download or read book Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I m Not Racist But 40 Years of the Racial Discrimination Act written by Tim Soutphommasane and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Australia a 'racist' country? Why do issues of race and culture seem to ignite public debate so readily? Tim Soutphommasane, Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner, reflects on the national experience of racism and the progress that has been made since the introduction of the Racial Discrimination Act in 1975. As the first federal human rights and discrimination legislation, the Act was a landmark demonstration of Australia's commitment to eliminating racism. Published to coincide with the Act's fortieth anniversary, this book gives a timely and incisive account of the history of racism, the limits of free speech, the dimensions of bigotry and the role of legislation in our society's response to discrimination. With contributions by Maxine Beneba Clarke, Bindi Cole Chocka, Benjamin Law, Alice Pung and Christos Tsiolkas.
Download or read book Phytochemistry of Australia s Tropical Rainforest written by Cheryll J. Williams and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 1388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rare, unique and irreplaceable – precious native rainforests occupy a precariously small part of Australia while retaining a remarkable level of both biological and chemical diversity unrivalled by any other ecosystem. Australia's ancient history and traditions are intimately intertwined with the rainforest plants that humans have utilised as both food and medicine. Phytochemistry of Australia's Tropical Rainforest is a record of this history and details how our understanding of these plants has led to the discovery of anaesthetics, analgesics, steroids, antimalarials and more. It provides an insight into the habitat, ecology and family associations of hundreds of species and explores their future therapeutic potential, alongside phytochemical studies of the ancient plant lineages. Toxicological evaluations of important poisonous plants are also included. Rainforests provide shelter for unique flora and fauna that are counted among the rarest species on Earth, many of which are illustrated in this book. This comprehensive work is an essential reference for phytochemists, ethnobotanists and those with an interest in rainforests and their medicinal and botanical potential.
Download or read book Disability Rights in Real Life written by Natalie Wade and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability Rights in Real Life is the mantra by which disability rights activist Natalie Wade pursues her life and career as a lawyer.Thanks to funding from the Law Society of South Australia Natalie Wade, and her collaborator Anna Bulman (who edited and illustrated the work), have rewritten what was the out-of-print, disability rights handbook Justice for All.This handbook is packed with important legal concepts that Natalie and Anna hope will help you protect and promote your disability rights in Australia."Justice for all cannot be achieved without the recognition that impairment can no longer be the basis for denying the rights of people with disability. It is only this social transformation that will achieve equality."Rosemary Kayess, Chair UN Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Sydney NSW
Download or read book Protection of Human Genetic Information written by Australia. Law Reform Commission and published by Sydney : Australian Law Reform Commission. This book was released on 2001 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 13. Law enforcement issues
Download or read book Being Heumann written by Judith Heumann and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction "...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history."— Buzzfeed One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of us and of one woman’s activism—from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington—Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy’s struggle for equality began early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her paralysis, Judy’s actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people. As a young woman, Judy rolled her wheelchair through the doors of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in San Francisco as a leader of the Section 504 Sit-In, the longest takeover of a governmental building in US history. Working with a community of over 150 disabled activists and allies, Judy successfully pressured the Carter administration to implement protections for disabled peoples’ rights, sparking a national movement and leading to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann’s memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong.
Download or read book Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Australia 2018 Edition written by The Law The Law Library and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Australia) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Australia) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 15, 2018 This book contains: - The complete text of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Australia) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section
Download or read book Disability Discrimination Act 1992 written by Australia. Office of Parliamentary Counsel and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) was an act passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1992 to promote the rights of people with disabilities in certain areas such as housing, education and provision of goods and services.
Download or read book Disability Discrimination Act 1992 written by Australia and published by Australian Government Pub Service. This book was released on 1996 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Australian Anti Discrimination Law written by Neil Rees and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of Australia's most comprehensive book on anti-discrimination law has been fully revised and updated, re-written and reformatted to enhance its accessibility. It continues to offer both a substantial text for a specialist audience, and a powerful critique of anti-discrimination law in Australia. The authors support their analysis and explanation of legislation and case law with carefully selected extracts from a broad range of decisions, law reform reports, and academic writers and commentators."[T]his encyclopaedic work is simply indispensable. The authors are acknowledged experts and seasoned campaigners, and their lucid exposition is enriched by extensive quotation from the work of other expert commentators. The coverage is breathtaking in its scope and depth, the attention to detail astonishing. To identify the differences between State, Territory and Commonwealth provisions, topic by topic, is a work of herculean proportions, requiring meticulous care." - The Hon Justice Chris Maxwell AC (from the foreword)Key Features of the New EditionRevised introduction to and overview of Australian anti-discrimination law.New standalone chapters for Protected Attributes: Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Age Discrimination, Carers' Responsibilities and Other Protected Attributes.Detailed account of legislative reform and developments in case law, in all nine jurisdictions, up to late 2017.An account of changed complaints procedures under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act, and of the case law and public debate that triggered the changes.Comprehensive analysis of the operation of special measures provisions in all of the anti-discrimination statutes.Integrated discussion of the exceptions to the prohibition of discrimination for each attribute and in each area.
Download or read book New Regulatory Vehicles for the Enforcement of Disability Discrimination Law written by Paul Harpur and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Labour force characteristics of people with a disability reveal that the rates of persons in employment with disabilities remain high. The proportion of the Australian population identified with a disability was 20% (4 million) in 2003. According to the ABS Report there is an expected increase in the prevalence of people having a disability, partly due to the aging population. Thus, the obvious need for extra collection and analysis of data in this area and a regulatory scheme that allows for enforcement of disability discrimination rights at a broader community level to prevent systemic discrimination from occurring. The rate of unemployment for persons with a disability (age 15-64) was 8.6% compared to 5% for persons without disability (2003-2008). The employment participation rate demonstrates that persons with disabilities are more likely to be unemployed than persons without disabilities. A combination of regulatory failures and social prejudices prevent persons with disabilities from being able to compete for employment on equal terms in the labour market. Legislation and case law often fail to address employers conscious or subconscious prejudice against disabled persons and rebut employers misconceived assumptions about potential employees who happen to be disabled; thus failing to ensure an equal playing field for persons with disabilities. This paper will discuss the recent amendments to Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) DD Act and the new discrimination provisions under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FW Act). It will consider how these separate pieces of legislation may increase the rights of disabled people generally, but more particularly in the workplace. The paper's primary focus will be on the potential and capacity of the FW Act anti-discrimination provisions that enable the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) to exercise its powers to enforce anti-discrimination rights at work. In doing so, it will consider whether this enforcement regime will help reduce the many instances of employment disability discrimination that occur across Australia. First, this paper briefly examines the history of anti-discrimination laws in Australia and how these laws have traditionally operated. It then examines the DD Act provisions as a precursor to the FW Act illustrating their deficiencies, and how there has been an attempt to overcome these provisions by the DD Act amendments and the creation of new rights under the FW Act. The legislation will also be analysed to determine whether the changes introduced under the FW Act can deliver the outcomes to victims of disability discrimination that the enforcement regime proscribes. This includes both enforcement of rights and accompanying penalties. Finally the paper concludes that it is too early to conclude how effective the FWO's enforcement of the new avenues of redress will be for people with disabilities, although acknowledges that these new provisions show some promise for the enforcement of statutory rights, by not only the individual but also FWO.
