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By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘HREOC’) rejects the application of Griffith City Council (trading as Griffith Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre) (‘the Applicant’) for a temporary exemption pursuant to s 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (‘SDA’).

By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) grants to Crisis Support Services Inc (‘the Applicant’) a temporary exemption pursuant to s 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (‘the SDA’) in the terms set out below.

By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) grants to Ballarat Health and Fitness Pty Ltd a temporary exemption pursuant to s 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 (‘the SDA’) in the terms set out in section 3 below.

By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) grants to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (‘ABS’) a temporary exemption pursuant to s 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 (‘the SDA’) from the operation of Divisions 1 and 2 of Part II of the SDA, in the terms set out from 1.1 to 1.3 below.

By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘the Commission’) declines to grant to the Lourdes Hill College (‘the College’) a temporary exemption pursuant to s 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 (‘the SDA’).

The applicant, Annetco Inc (formerly WiN Support Services), is a “government funded not for profit organisation which provides services to people with a disability, the aged and their families/carers. Through the delivery of culturally appropriate specialist support services [the applicant] aims to empower people to live independently in the community and is able to offer support on an…

By this instrument the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (“the Commission”) grants to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (“DIMIA”) its contractors and agents, a temporary exemption (“the exemption”) pursuant to section 44(2) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 (“the Act”), in relation to the…

By this instrument the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission grants to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (“DIMIA”) its contractors and agents, a temporary exemption ("the exemption") pursuant to section 44(2) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) ("the Act"), from the operation of sections 22, 23 and 26 of the Act.

By this instrument the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission grants to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (“DIMA”) its contractors and agents, a temporary exemption ("the exemption") pursuant to section 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 ("the Act"), in relation to the operation of sections 22, 23 and 26 of the Act.

By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the “Commission”) grants to the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Sydney (the “Trustees”) a temporary exemption pursuant to s 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (the “SDA”), in the terms set out in section 3 below.

I am writing on behalf of the Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Sydney, ('the CEO') to request an exemption under section 44 of the Sex Discrimination Act ('the Act').

Click here to return to: Notice of inquiry: Application for exemption under Sex Discrimination Act section 44: Catholic Education Office Scholarships for Male Trainee Teachers

The Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Sydney applied on 30 August 2002 (with a supplementary application dated 16 October 2002) to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for temporary exemption under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 ("SDA"), section 44, to offer teacher training scholarships to male students only.

By this instrument, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the "Commission") declines to grant to the Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Sydney (the "CEO") a temporary exemption pursuant to section 44(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 (the "Act"), in relation to the operation of sections 21(2)(a) and 22(1) of the Act.

The Catholic Education Office ("CEO"), Archdiocese of Sydney, applied to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission for a temporary exemption to allow the CEO to discriminate against women by offering primary teacher training scholarships to male students only.

By this instrument the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (“the Commission”) grants to the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (“DIMIA”) its contractors and agents, a temporary exemption (“the exemption”) pursuant to section 44(2) of the Sex Discrimination Act (Cth) 1984 (“the Act”), in relation to the…

Considering that the Charter of the United Nations is based on the principles of the dignity and equality inherent in all human beings, and that all Member States have pledged themselves to take joint and separate action, in co-operation with the Organization, for the achievement of one of the purposes of the United Nations which is to promote and encourage universal respect for and observance of…

On 18 December 1979, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. It entered into force as an international treaty on 3 September 1981 after the twentieth country had ratified it. By the tenth anniversary of the Convention in 1989, almost one hundred nations have agreed to be bound by its provisions.

Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,