>Would anyone on the list happen to know when Australia enacted its
race
>discrimination statute?
Australia's Racial Discrimination Act was enacted in 1975.
The Sex Discrimination Act came later, in 1984.
And the Disability Discrimination Act was later again, in 1992.
The various states also have their own anti-discrimination laws.
Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act was enacted in 1995. It covers
discrimination on the basis of:
* age
* disability
* industrial activity
* lawful sexual activity
* marital, parental or carer status
* physical features
* political beliefs or activity
* pregnancy
* race
* religious belief or activity
* sex
* personal association with a person who is identified by reference to
any of the above attributes
It also makes sexual harassment unlawful.
(info take from an Equal Opportunity Commission Victoria pamphlet)
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