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    Legal14 December 2012WebpageAge Matters?Many age distinctions have long been taken for granted in Australian law and policy. They affect people at both ends of the age spectrum - both younger and older Australians.
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    14 December 2012Book pageDon't judgDuring these ten years, thousands of individuals and organisations have used the DDA to create change, either by making complaints of discrimination, using the law as a basis for negotiating broad social change or educating organisations on their responsibilities.
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    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012PublicationPromoting Rights for Indigenous Young People with Mental Health IssuesPart 1: Why do we need this research? Arguing for protection, prevention and knowledge for Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and mental health issues
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    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012PublicationIndigenous Peoples: Issues in International and Domestic LawIndigenous Peoples: Issues in International and Australian Law. Martin Place Papers No. 6, 2007 International Law Association (Australian Branch) Papers presented at a series of three seminars held between 2002 and 2004 in association with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Edited by Greg Marks. ISSN 0728-7445 Download PDF (900 kb) TABLE OF CONTENTS ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ the International…
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    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012PublicationPartnerships between Indigenous Peoples, governments and civil societyPartnerships between Indigenous Peoples, governments and civil society United Nations Workshop on Engaging the Marginalised, 2005 International Conference on Engaging Communities, Brisbane, Australia, 15 August 2005. For a PDF version of the Workshop Report and the Guidelines for Engagement with Indigenous Peoples suitable for printing please click here. CD Rom A CD Rom of the conference…
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    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012WebpageIndigenous International Rights: Progressing Indigenous Rights at the International LevelThis section provides information on UN funds set up to assist Indigenous peoples participating in UN activities. It also provides links to organisations representing Indigenous peoples outside Australia. United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Organisations Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People Links to Indigenous organisations outside…
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    14 December 2012Book pageHREOC Social Justice Report 2002: International developments in the recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoplesSocial Justice Report 2002 back to contents Chapter 6: International developments in the recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples in international law – A history of exclusion The Working Group on Indigenous Populations – from exclusion to participation at the international level Commitments to developing partnerships with Indigenous peoples – from Rio and Vienna to…
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    14 December 2012Book pageSocial Justice Report 2004 : Chapter 3 : Implementing new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairsSocial Justice Report 2004 Chapter 3 : Implementing new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs back to contents Part 1: What are the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs? Events leading up to the introduction of new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs, 2002 - 2004 An overview of the new arrangements Part II: The implications…
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    Disability Rights14 December 2012WebpageGuidelines on application of the Premises StandardsThe Disability (Access to Premises - buildings) Standards 2010 (the Premises Standards) commence on 1 May 2011. Any application for a building approval for a new building or upgrade of an existing building on or after that date will trigger the application of the Premises Standards.
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    14 December 2012Book pageFinding your way around the draft Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) StandardsAll the documents on the proposed Premises Standards which were tabled in Parliament on 2 December are now available on the Attorney General's Department website at http://www.ag.gov.au/premisesstandards
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    14 December 2012Book pageletter to canberra timesI hesitate to dignify with a response the second-hand article which the Canberra Times retailed yesterday, calling for discrimination in education against people with a mental illness on the basis of presumed dangerousness ("Entrance exams should test a student's mental suitability", 6 September). The article, referring to "bizarre inscriptions" and "gibberish",…
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    14 December 2012Book pageCopyright and Publishing RoundtableCopyright and Publishing Roundtable Friday, March 21, 2003 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Hearing Room, Level 8 133 Castlereagh Street Sydney 10am - 3.00pm 1) Welcome and arrangements for the meeting Graeme Innes, AM, Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner, welcomed participants to the meeting, and expressed the Commission's pleasure that so much good will and…
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    14 December 2012Book pageCOPYRIGHT AND PUBLISHING ROUNDTABLEGabrielle Mackey (Attorney-General's Department); Helen Dakin (Australian Copyright Council): Ian Morris (National Library of Australia); Fiona Loader (Australasian Performing Rights Association/Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society); Graeme Innes (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission); Bruce Maguire (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission); Jane Evans (Round Table on…
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    14 December 2012Book pageEmployment standards under the Disability Discrimination Act: resource paperSubmissions should be addressed to the Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2000; or through one of the other members of the
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    14 December 2012Book pageInitial Draft: Disability Standards for EmploymentComments in response to these draft Standards should be sent by 29 November 1996 to: Disability Discrimination Commissioner GPO Box 5218 SYDNEY NSW 2001 or e-mail comments to: disability@humanrights.gov.au
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    14 December 2012Book pageComments on submissions in response to first draft employment standardsThese comments were prepared in 1996 by HREOC staff acting as secretariat to the subcommittee of the National Committee on Discrimination in Employment and Occupation considering development of disability standards on employment under the DDA. This document summarises submissions received on the first draft of standards and provides commentary on those submissions.
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    14 December 2012Book pageWeb Watch: Accessibility of government websitesThis site is being established by the Commission as an initiative to promote provision of Government information in forms which all Australians can use and which comply with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act.
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    Legal14 December 2012WebpageNotice of exemption application: Australasian Railway AssociationThe Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act from the Australian Railway Association (ARA) on behalf of its members for a temporary exemption, for a period of 5 years, in relation to a number of provisions of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport.
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    Legal14 December 2012WebpageNOTICE OF TEMPORARY EXEMPTION UNDER THE DDA: QUEENSLAND RAILThe Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 11 February 2002 under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA") concerning tactile ground surface indicators ("TGSIs").
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    14 December 2012Book pageDecision on inquiry: Summer HillIn July 1999 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission received a representative complaint under the Disability Discrimination Act ("DDA") lodged on behalf of people who use wheelchairs regarding current lack of accessibility of Summer Hill railway station, and seeking implementation of accessibility at that station this financial year.