Types of discrimination

Age discrimination
Disability discrimination
Marital or domestic partnership status
Identity of spouse or partner
Pregnancy
Family caring responsibilities
Breastfeeding or association with a child
Racial discrimination
Sexuality and gender
Sex discrimination and sexual harassment
Religion and religious dress
Being, or having been, subjected to domestic abuse
Political opinion
Social origin
Irrelevant criminal record

Not all unfair treatment is unlawful discrimination. The combined effect of the South Australian and Commonwealth legislation is that, in South Australia, it is unlawful to discriminate on the following grounds:

age
disability
marital or domestic partner status
identity of spouse or partner
pregnancy (or potential pregnancy)
family responsibilities
association with a child (in provision of goods, services or accommodation)
breastfeeding
race
sex
sexuality
chosen gender
religion and religious appearance or dress
being, or having been, subjected to domestic abuse
political opinion
social origin
irrelevant criminal record
on the basis of having disclosed public interest information to a relevant authority (i.e. whistleblowers)
having made a complaint of discrimination.

From 13 December 2022, the Australian Human Rights Commission can also inquire into systemic unlawful discrimination - continuous or repetitive unlawful discrimination which affects a class or group of persons [Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) s 35L].

Types of discrimination : Last Revised: Fri Sep 1st 2023
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