NSW’s anti-discrimination law is confusing and outdated
An anti-discrimination law is, in effect, a code of conduct. An employer, an HR manager, a school principal, a shopkeeper, or hotelier needs to be able to pick up.
STRETCHER BEARER, Jeanell Buckley; Ginninderra Press, 2018
There are limits to telling war stories on the screen and stage; rarely can the story only be about those who find themselves in war, who are made to.
When discrimination law doesn’t cover it
At the Curly Maljam pro-surfing event on Sydney’s northern beaches, the women’s event victor, Lucy Small, won less than half the prizemoney that the male winner received. That’s discrimination,.
The legal ethics of sexually explicit conduct
Ordinarily, a barrister’s character and reputation would be at risk if, at a professional dinner, he greets a woman he doesn’t know by pushing her head and saying “suck.
Disproportionate policing
The ‘funding cuts’ protest on 14 October 2020 was yet another demonstration of passionate, peaceful students’ action. Except that this one received media coverage for all the wrong reasons.
Public protest and police powers
Last Saturday I joined a few thousand people on the sand at Coogee Beach. I was not arrested. On Wednesday I watched a couple of hundred university students marching.
A perverse approach to religious freedom
Submissions on the second version Christian Porter’s religious discrimination bill are closed, and we await the verdict. The first version of the bill was widely criticised for going too.
The Queensland Human Rights Act: more of the same
Volume 45(1) of the Alternative Law Journal celebrates Australia’s third provincial human rights law, just weeks after it commenced. Queensland’s Human Rights Act 2019 joins – and adopts substantially.
How not to do religious discrimination reform
Public consultation is at the heart of sound law reform. With an issue as complex and sensitive as the Coalition government’s proposed religious discrimination bill, effective public consultation is.
Who says Australia needs a national Human Rights Act?
It’s been a while. It must be time for another crack at a Human Rights Act for Australia. If at first (second, third, fourth, etc.) you don’t succeed, try,.