Western Australia: Review of Equal Opportunity Act 1984, May 2007

Equal Opportunity Act 1984 Review
(May 24, 2007)

Sweeping changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 have been recommended following a comprehensive review of the Act, the first since its enactment in 1985.

The Review attracted nearly 600 individual and 90 organisational submissions, with the 76-page report referred to in State Parliament by Attorney General Jim McGinty on Thursday May 24, 2007.

The review recommends introducing a number of new grounds of unlawful discrimination, including breastfeeding, bullying and irrlevant criminal or medical record.