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14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2004 : Summary
The Native Title Report 2004 looks at how the native title system can contribute to the economic and social development goals of Indigenous peoples. The report seeks to answer the following questions: -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 1.1
Where a child under the age of 19 is convicted, court may assign care and custody of the child to such persons as make application where the court is satisfied it is for the benefit of the child. -
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Bringing them Home - Appendix 1.2
Amended by Aborigines Protection Amending Act 1915 (NSW) Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1918 (NSW) Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1936 (NSW) Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1940 (NSW) Aborigines Protection (Amendment) Act 1943 (NSW) Repealed by Aborigines Welfare Ordinance 1954 (Cth). -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 2
neglected child - a child found begging, wandering about or frequenting any thoroughfare or tavern, sleeping in the open air and who has no settled place of abode or means of subsistence; residing in any brothel or associating or dwelling with any person, known or reputed to be a thief, prostitute or drunkard or a person convicted of vagrancy; a child having committed an offence and who, in the… -
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Bringing them Home - Appendix 3
For the `better protection and care of the aboriginal and half-caste inhabitants of the colony' and `for restricting the sale and distribution of opium'. Established positions of regional Protectors and later Chief Protector. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 4
An Act `to provide for the subdivision of the Cape Barren Island reserve and for occupation of portion thereof by the descendants of Aboriginal natives'. -
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Bringing them Home - Appendix 5
Established Aborigines Protection Board. Its functions include submitting proposals to the Governor relating to the care custody or education of the children of `Aboriginals' and exercising a general supervision and care over all matters affecting the interests and welfare of the `Aboriginals'. -
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Bringing them Home - Appendix 6
The Protector of Aborigines made the legal guardian of every `aboriginal and half-caste child' whose parents are dead or unknown, or one of whom agrees, until the age of 21. Any two Justices, with the consent of the Governor and one of the parents, may apprentice `any half-caste or other aboriginal child having obtained a suitable age' until the age of 21 provided that `due and reasonable… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 7
Established the Northern Territory Aboriginals Department with responsibility for the control and welfare of Aborigines and `to provide where possible for the custody, maintenance and education of the children of aboriginals'. -
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Bringing them Home - Appendix 8
2. The obligation to respect and to ensure respect for human rights and humanitarian law includes the duty: to prevent violations, to investigate violations, to take appropriate action against the violators, and to afford remedies and reparation to victims. Particular attention must be paid to the prevention of gross violations of human rights and to the duty to prosecute and punish perpetrators… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 11
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Anglican Church Social Responsibilities Commission Anonymous Australian Association for Infant Mental Health Inc. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 12
Indigenous Inquiry Commissioners Annette Peardon, Marjorie Thorpe, Dr Maryanne Bin Salik, Sadie Canning, Olive Knight, Kathy Mills, Anne Louis, Laurel Williams, Jackie Huggins, Josephine Ptero-David and Professor Marcia Langton and Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commissioner John Briton assisted with hearings and in the development of the report and its recommendations. They provided strong… -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Part E Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996
Explore profiles of Indigenous deaths in custody from 1989 to 1996. -
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14 December 2012WebpageExtension of temporary exemptions: Australasian Railways Association
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission') gives notice of its decision, on 6 January 2010, on an application by the Australasian Railways Association on behalf of its members for further temporary exemptions pursuant to section 55(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 6 - Practice and Procedure
Chapter 6 Practice and Procedure Back to index Download Chapter 6 in PDF [555 KB] Download Chapter 6 in Word [556 KB] 6.1 Introduction 6.1.1 Role of the special purpose commissioners as amicus curiae 6.2 Parties to a complaint to HREOC 6.2.1 Complainants (a) ‘A person aggrieved’ (b) Bodies corporate (i) Can a body corporate be a ‘person aggrieved’? (ii) Determining whether the ‘person… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 7 - Damages and Remedies
(4) If the court concerned is satisfied that there has been unlawful discrimination by any respondent, the court may make such orders (including a declaration of right) as it thinks fit, including any of the following orders or any order to a similar effect: -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 8 - Costs Awards
There are no specific provisions relating to costs in unlawful discrimination proceedings before the Federal Magistrates Court (‘FMC’) and Federal Court. The courts have a general discretion to order costs under the provisions of the Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth) (‘the Federal Court Act’) and the Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth) (‘the Federal Magistrates Act’)… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Archive of older versions
Archive Back to index Federal Discrimination Law 2005 Federal Discrimination Law 2004 -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law Online - Launch 26 June 2008
Discover details about the online launch of Federal Discrimination Law on June 26, 2008. -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law 2005: Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Nature and Scope of this Publication 1.2 What is 'Unlawful Discrimination'? 1.2.1 'Unlawful Discrimination' Defined 1.2.2 Distinguishing 'Unlawful Discrimination' from 'ILO 111 Discrimination' and 'Human Rights' under the HREOC Act 1.1 Nature and Scope of this Publication Federal Discrimination Law 2005 provides an overview of significant issues in federal…