RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation 1

3.88    The committee recommends that the Attorney-General's Department revise and reissue the Explanatory Memorandum to specifically recognise that an objective of the Age Discrimination Act is to protect younger Australians from age discrimination, and that this objective should be addressed by the Age Discrimination Commissioner.

Recommendation 2

3.89    The committee recommends that the Australian Government consider, as part of the consolidation project for federal anti-discrimination laws, all outstanding recommendations of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs' 2008 Report into the Effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality.

Recommendation 3

3.90    Subject to the above recommendations, the committee recommends that the Senate pass the Bill.

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