Steps towards anti-discrimination reform
A promise to unify the country’s anti-discrimination laws took a step forward at a meeting of the country’s attorneys-general last week.
Two web-based services have been established to bring together all juris-dictions’ human rights, anti-discrimination or equal opportunity commissions.
A national gateway will provide a public window into the agencies and the grounds on which a complaint can be made in each jurisdiction.
Also announced was the National Anti-‘Discrimination Workspace, an online forum for the commissions to share information.
The moves were considered a necessary first step before officers from the AG departments could negotiate harmonisation of the laws themselves, which has been an agenda item at the quarterly SCAG meetings since the Rudd Government came to power.
Commonwealth Attorney-General Robert McClelland also raised the issue of relationship registers for same-sex couples in light of the federal de facto reforms last year.
Last week NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos indicated a willingness to talk with the Commonwealth towards the goal of nationally consistent recognition of same-sex couples. However, on that issue there was little progress to show from last week’s meeting.
It sound to me the labor party is a Standing Committee of Anti-Gays to me!!!
To who ever wrote this article – what / who is SCAG?
Acronyms alone are not helpful.
Editor’s Note: Apologies for the oversight, it stands for Standing Committee of Attorneys-General.
Labor discriminate against Indigenous community daily, the NT Intervention Libs started are being perpetuated by Labor.
Hatzistergos/NSW Labor still will not remove exemption from NSW Anti Discrimination Act for churches to discriminate against students and teachers, Labor voted down the Greens motion by MP Lee Rhiannon’s (http://twitter.com/leerhiannon). Labor also side with The Shooters Party & Fred Nile when it suits them!
Labor sided with Liberals federally to ban SameSex marriage, irrespective if you would choose it for your situation, the option should be available for all.
13th of August is the Anniversary of Federal Labor alliance with Libs to BAN SameSex marriage & Civil Unions!
What about adoption for SameSex males? Did Hatzistergos/NSW Labor just forget amend?
Make a real difference rather than accepting Labor rhetoric join the NSW Greens http://nsw.greens.org.au/. The NSW Greens, unlike Labor/Libs do not accept donations from Companies, we depend on donations from community.
William