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词条 Age Discrimination Act 2004
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The Age Discrimination Act 2004 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that prohibits age discrimination in many areas including employment, education, accommodation and the provision of goods and services. Persons of any age can be discriminated against within the meaning of the act.

Some exemptions are provided, including for religious organisations, charitable organisations and positive discrimination.

Complaints of discrimination must first be made to the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), where a conciliation process can be initiated. Filing a complaint is free.[2] If the complaint is not resolved through the conciliation process, it can be taken to the Federal Court or the Federal Circuit Court.

In general, age discrimination is not a criminal offence. However, the Act creates criminal offences of discriminatory advertising, victimisation and failure to disclose statistical or actuarial data upon request by the President of the AHRC. [3]

See also

  • Keech v Metropolitan Health Service
  • List of anti-discrimination acts

References

1. ^[https://www.humanrights.gov.au/roadmap-ada-age-discrimination-act-2004-2007 "Roadmap to ADA: The Age Discrimination Act 2004"], Joanna Hemingway, 2007.
2. ^[https://www.humanrights.gov.au/complaints-under-age-discrimination-act "Complaints under the Age Discrimination Act"], Australian Human Rights Commission.
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/legal/FDL/2011/2_Age.pdf|title=Federal Discrimination Law|at=Section 2.1.4|date=21 October 2011|publisher=Australian Human Rights Commission|access-date = 11 December 2015}}

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