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Inquiry into the effectiveness of the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality

Submissions received

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Sub No.  
1 Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group Australia (AISSGA) (PDF 601KB)
2 Jyonah Jericho (PDF 116KB)
3 Mr Richard Greenwood (PDF 15KB)
4 Dr Stan Jeffery KSJ (PDF 6KB)
5 Unions NSW (PDF 398KB)
6 Dads on the Air (PDF 381KB)
7 Women Members of the Anglican Church of Australia General Synod Standing Committee (PDF 41KB)
8 Women's Electoral Lobby Australia  (PDF 425KB)
9 Ordination of Catholic Women Into a Renewed Ordained Ministry - Part 1(PDF 47KB), Part 2 (PDF 32KB)
10 Malcolm & Rosemary Prior (PDF 4KB)
11 Business and Professional Women Australia  (PDF 22KB)
12 Dr Belinda Smith, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney (PDF 60KB), attachment A (PDF 226KB)
13 Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner  (PDF 242KB)
14 Women's Health Victoria (PDF 29KB)
15 National Foundation for Australian Women  (PDF 405KB)
16 Australian Baha'i Community  (PDF 55KB)
17 Australian Education Union (PDF 79KB)
18 South Australian Premier's Council for Women (PDF 11KB)
19 United Nations Development Fund for Women (PDF 70KB)
19 United Nations Development Fund for Women-supplementary submission (PDF 47KB)
20 Human Rights Law Resource Centre (PDF 569KB)
21 Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting) (PDF 20KB)
22 Professor Margaret Thornton, ANU College of Law, Australian National University  (PDF 48KB)
23 New South Wales Premier (PDF 86KB)
24 Community and Public Sector Union, State Public Services Federation Group (PDF 25KB)
25 Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry  (PDF 603KB)
26 Legal Aid Queensland (PDF 71KB)
27 Christian Schools Australia (PDF 73KB)
28 Adrian Smyth  (PDF 31KB)
29 Women's Lawyers' Association of New South Wales and Australian Women Lawyers (PDF 119KB)
30 Australian Women's Health Network  (PDF 90KB)
31 Public Interest Law Clearing House (PDF 328KB)
31 Public Interest Law Clearing House - supplementary submission (PDF 519KB)
32 Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (PDF 39KB)
33 Carers Australia (PDF 273KB)
34 Neville Edwards (PDF 13KB)
35 Colin Clifford, Principal, Jubilee Christian College (PDF 8KB)
36

Endeavour Forum (PDF 471KB)

attachment A (PDF 1269KB), attachment B (PDF 1712KB), attachment C (PDF 1899KB), attachment D (PDF 1810KB)
37 Donald Leys, Principal, Condell Park Christian School (PDF 378KB)
38 Ronald John Christie, Associate Pastor, Condell Park Bible Church  (PDF 366KB)
39 Dr Sara Charlesworth - Centre for Applied Social Research- RMIT University (PDF 231KB)
40 Gregory Michael McMahon (PDF 59KB)

Attachment A - 'Sword & Shield Policy' (PDF 48KB)
41

Equal Employment Opportunity Network of Australasia (PDF 105KB)

Attachment A - 2008 Australasian Diversity and Equality report (PDF 572KB)
42 Shop, Distribution and Allied Employees Association  (PDF 125KB)
43 Victorian Attorney-General - Rob Hulls MP (PDF 602KB)
44 Women's Legal Services Australia  (PDF 439KB)
45 South Australian Equal Opportunity Commission and the Office for Women (SA) (PDF 99KB)
46 Queensland Council of Unions (PDF 786KB)
47 Diversity Council Australia (PDF 93KB)
48 Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (PDF 178KB)
49 Independent Education Union of Australia (PDF 46KB)
50 Associate Professor Beth Gaze, Melbourne University Law School  (PDF 28KB)
51 Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University   (PDF 205KB)
52 National Association of Community Legal Centres, Combined Community Legal Centres Group (NSW), Kingsford Legal Centre (PDF 1131KB)
53 Associate Professor Simon Rice OAM, ANU College of Law (PDF 86KB)
54 Lone Fathers Association Australia (PDF 191KB)
55 Australian Council of Trade Unions (PDF 111KB)
56 Working Women's Centre SA (PDF 153KB)
57 WA Equal Opportunity Commission  (PDF 1513KB)
58 YWCA Australia (PDF 75KB)
59 Law Council of Australia (PDF 2032KB)
60 Collaborative submission from leading women's organisations and women's equality specialists (PDF 204KB)
61 Emily's List (PDF 20KB)
62 Job Watch Inc (PDF 206KB)
63 Anti-Discrimination Commission Queensland  (PDF 79KB)
64 Women's Forum Australia  (PDF 175KB)
65 Muslim Women's National Network of Australia (PDF 21KB)
66 Helmut Roth (PDF 18KB)
67 Families Without Women (PDF 181KB)
68 Legal Aid New South Wales (PDF 1089KB) attachment (PDF 356KB)
69 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (PDF 1399KB)
70 Confidential
71 Australian Christian Lobby (PDF 34KB)
72 Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (PDF 176KB)
73 FamilyVoice Australia (PDF 2590KB)
74 Department of Defence (PDF 15KB)
75 Association of Independent Schools of South Australia (AISSA) (PDF 39KB)
76 National Legal Aid (PDF 656KB)
77 Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre Inc (PDF 344KB)
78 Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) (PDF 55KB)
79 Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) (PDF 89KB)
80 Australian Coalition for Equality (PDF 44KB)
81 Mr Ross Mitchell (PDF 19KB)

 

Additional Information

1 Human Rights Law Resource Centre: answers to Questions on Notice, received 19 September 2008 (PDF 56KB)
2

Documents tabled by the Ordination of Catholic Women Into a Renewed Ordained Ministry at a public hearing in Canberra on 11 September 2008:

  • Excerpts from the Catholic Social Justice Statement 2000 (PDF 1513KB)

  • Executive summary of Woman and Man, One in Christ Jesus: Report on the Participation of Women in the Catholic Church in Australia prepared by the Research Management Group (PDF 994KB)

  • Duty bound to lead latest OCW publication spelling out their positions to Bishops (PDF 241KB)
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Publications tabled by Dr Belinda Smith at a public hearing in Sydney on 9 September 2008:

  • Belinda Smith, ‘It’s About Time – For a New Approach to Equality’ (2008) 36(2) Federal Law Review 1 (PDF 249KB)

  • Belinda Smith ‘From Wardley to Purvis: How far has Australian anti-discrimination law come in 30 years?’ (2008) 21 Australian Journal of Labour Law 3-29 (PDF 170KB)

  • Belinda Smith, “Not the Baby and the Bathwater – Regulatory Reform for Equality Laws to Address Work-Family Conflict”, (2006) 28(4) Sydney Law Review 689-732 (PDF 479KB)

  • Belinda Smith, "A Regulatory Analysis of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth): Can it effect equality or only redress harm?" in C Arup, et al (eds), Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation - Essays on the Construction, Constitution and Regulation of Labour Markets and Work Relationships, Federation Press: Sydney (2006), 105-124 (PDF 156KB)

  • Belinda Smith & Joellen Riley, “Family-friendly Work Practices and the Law” (2004) 26 Sydney Law Review 395-426 (PDF 2443KB)
4

Attorney-General's Department: answers to Questions on Notice, received 22 October 2008 (PDF 2183KB)

 

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone: +61 2 6277 3560
Fax: +61 2 6277 5794
Email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au

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