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This page considers law and discrimination on the basis of gender in Australia.

It covers -

• introduction
• principles and issues
• discrimination cases
• studies

     introduction

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     principles and issues

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     cases

Key cases are -

• O’Callaghan v Loder [1984] EOC 92-023
• Hill v Water Resources Commission [1985] EOC 92-127
• Hall v Sheiban [1988] EOC 92-227
• Hall v A & A Sheiban Pty Ltd [1989] EOC 92-250
• Horne v Press Clough Joint Venture [1994] EOC 92-591
• Djokic v Sinclair [1994] EOC 92-643
• Filas v Fourtounis (1996) EOC 92-780
• State of Victoria v Schou [2001] VSC 321
• Thomson v Orica Australia Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 939
• Escobar v Rainbow Printing Pty Ltd (No 2) [2002] FMCA 122
• Rispoli v Merck Sharpe & Dohme & Ors [2003] FMCA 160
• Mayer v Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation [2003] FMCA 209
• Kelly v TPG Internet Pty Ltd [2003] FMCA 584

     studies

Studies on gender discrimination in Australian law include -

• The Hidden Gender of the Law 2 ed (Leichhardt: Federation Press 2001) by Reg Graycar & Jenny Morgan
• Less Than Equal: Women and the Australian Legal System (Chatswood: Butterworths 2001) by Patricia Easteal
• Equality Before the Law: Justice For Women (Sydney: Australian Law Reform Commission 1994)

Items on inequities regarding employment include -

• ‘Part-time work and indirect discrimination’ by Rosemary Hunter in 21 Alternative Law Journal (1996) 220-222
• Striking The Balance: Women, Men, Work and Family: Discussion Paper (Sydney: Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission 2005)

Works on the Commonwealth legislation include -

• 'A Regulatory Analysis of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth): Can it Effect Equality or Only Redress Harm?’ by Belinda Smith in Labour Law and Labour Market Regulation (Leichhardt: Federation Press 2006) edited by Christopher Arup

For harassment see in particular -

• ‘Comment - Defining Sexual Harassment: A History of the Commonwealth Legislation and its Critiques’ by Gail Mason & Anna Chapman in 6 Federal Law Review (2003) 195
• 'Harm, Harassment and Sexuality' by Gail Mason in 31 Melbourne University Law Review (2002) 19

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