discriminiation
ADB factsheet
Discrimination and the
Anti-Discrimination
Board of NSW
What is discrimination?
Discrimination occurs when someone is treated unfairly because they belong to a particular group of people or have a particular characteristic.
Many people have fixed ideas about groups of people who are different from themselves. If we aren’t careful, this can lead us to discriminate against people who belong to those groups.
In NSW many types of discrimination are against the law.
The laws dealing with discrimination help give everyone an equal chance.
What is the Anti-Discrimination
Board of NSW?
The Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW is part of the
NSW Department of Justice and Attorney General. It administers the anti-discrimination laws.
too young. Forcing people to retire at any particular age is also against the law. Marital or domestic status discrimination when you are treated unfairly because of your marital or domestic status — for example because you are single, or married, or living in a de facto relationship.
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Homosexual discrimination when you are treated unfairly because you are gay or lesbian, or someone thinks you are gay or lesbian.
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Disability discrimination when you are treated unfairly because:
— you have a disability,
— someone thinks you have a disability,
— you had a disability in the past, or
— you may or will get a disability in the future.
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Staff at the Anti-Discrimination Board: deal with complaints of discrimination;
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try to prevent discrimination — by educating people about what the anti-discrimination laws say and why they are important; and
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report to the Government if they think the law needs changing to help prevent discrimination.
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What types of discrimination and harassment are against the law in NSW? Sex discrimination when you are treated unfairly because you are a woman or because you are a man. This includes being
Discrimination and the
Anti-Discrimination
Board of NSW
What is discrimination?
Discrimination occurs when someone is treated unfairly because they belong to a particular group of people or have a particular characteristic.
Many people have fixed ideas about groups of people who are different from themselves. If we aren’t careful, this can lead us to discriminate against people who belong to those groups.
In NSW many types of discrimination are against the law.
The laws dealing with discrimination help give everyone an equal chance.
What is the Anti-Discrimination
Board of NSW?
The Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW is part of the
NSW Department of Justice and Attorney General. It administers the anti-discrimination laws.
too young. Forcing people to retire at any particular age is also against the law. Marital or domestic status discrimination when you are treated unfairly because of your marital or domestic status — for example because you are single, or married, or living in a de facto relationship.
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Homosexual discrimination when you are treated unfairly because you are gay or lesbian, or someone thinks you are gay or lesbian.
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Disability discrimination when you are treated unfairly because:
— you have a disability,
— someone thinks you have a disability,
— you had a disability in the past, or
— you may or will get a disability in the future.
n
Staff at the Anti-Discrimination Board: deal with complaints of discrimination;
n
try to prevent discrimination — by educating people about what the anti-discrimination laws say and why they are important; and
n
report to the Government if they think the law needs changing to help prevent discrimination.
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What types of discrimination and harassment are against the law in NSW? Sex discrimination when you are treated unfairly because you are a woman or because you are a man. This includes being