Inquiry into the provisions of the Civil Aviation Amendment (Relationship with Anti-Discrimination Legislation) Bill 2004

Inquiry into the provisions of the Civil Aviation Amendment (Relationship with Anti-Discrimination Legislation) Bill 2004

30 June 2004

© Commonwealth of Australia 2004

ISBN 0 642 71423 1

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Members of the legislation committee (PDF format - 109 Kb) (HTML format)
Abbreviations (PDF format - 99 Kb) (HTML format)
 
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF format - 110 Kb) (HTML format)

Key provisions of the Bill
Conduct of the inquiry
Acknowledgment
Notes on references

 
Chapter 2 - Background to the bill (PDF format - 146 Kb) (HTML format)

Background
Impact on passengers
Impact on airlines and flight crew
Mechanisms in existing legislation
Provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Section 11: Unjustifiable hardship
Section 15: Discrimination in employment
Section 47: Acts done under a statutory authority
Section 48: Infectious Diseases
Section 55: Commission may grant exemptions
Provisions of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984
Section 7B: Indirect discrimination - reasonableness test
Section 40: Acts done under statutory authority
Section 44: Commission may grant exemptions

 
Chapter 3 - Key Issues (PDF format - 197 Kb) (HTML format)

Terminology
Committee View
Retrospectivity
Committee View
Appropriateness of Bill
Committee View
Removal of the right to make a complaint
Committee View
Opinions regarding the 'clearance' process
Committee View

 
Dissenting report by the Australian Democrats (PDF format - 97 Kb) (HTML format)
 
Appendix 1 - Organisations and individuals that provided the committee with submissions (PDF format - 76 Kb) (HTML format)
 
Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee (PDF format - 100 Kb) (HTML format)
Canberra, Wednesday 16 June 2004