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This page considers law and discrimination on the basis of sexual affinity in Australia.

It covers -

     introduction

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     principles and issues

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     cases

Key cases are -

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     studies

For harassment see in particular -

  • 'Comment - Defining Sexual Harassment: A History of the Commonwealth Legislation and its Critiques' by Gail Mason & Anna Chapman in 6 Federal Law Review (2003) 195
  • 'Harm, Harassment and Sexuality' by Gail Mason in 31 Melbourne University Law Review (2002) 19
  • 'Parliamentary Privilege and Homosexual Vilification' by Lisa Hill in Hate Speech and Freedom of Speech in Australia (Leichhardt: Federation Press 2007) 82-105 edited by Katherine Gelber & Adrienne Stone

Works on legal disadvantage experienced by people in same-sex relationships include -

  • Same-Sex: Same Entitlements (Sydney: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission 2007)
  • Report of Inquiry into a Complaint of Discrimination in Employment and Occupation: Discrimination on the ground of sexual preference (HRC Report No 6) (Sydney: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission 1998)

 






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