By Lawyers Weekly
Robert McClelland’s backdown from the national Human Rights Act is “yet another humiliation for the lame duck Attorney-General”, according to Senator George Brandis SC.
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Queensland human rights advocate and barrister Stephen Keim SC has been awarded the 2009 Human Rights Medal by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
 
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Employers need to be aware of a number of significant changes that have recently been made to the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA) and other federal anti discrimination laws.
The changes are a result of the Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act 2009 (the Act), which was introduced into the Federal Parliament [...]

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