Keywords: Equal Opportunity
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 03 February 2012
14 Comments
Michael Gill, former editor in chief of the Australian Financial Review, is suing his former employer Fairfax for age discrimination. I will be praying that the provisions prohibiting age discrimination in equal opportunity laws around Australia are exposed for the pathetic non-protections that they truly are.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Byrne Garton
- 02 September 2010
9 Comments
Many of us value our participation in the election and have been excited by the resulting hung parliament. But some adult citizens cannot be placed on the roll at all, with a significant number of
Australians with intellectual disabilities or mental illness disenfranchised.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 06 August 2010
11 Comments
Kristy Fraser-Kirk has flabbergasted David Jones with her pursuit of $37 million in punitive damages after allegations of sexual harassment against the company's former CEO. The retail giant says it is still interested in settlement. She doesn't want to settle, mate. She wants to make a point.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Moira Rayner
- 13 August 2009
What do our major religions have to fear from changes to equal
opportunity law? The challenge is a worthy and a practical one: in what way do the
activities of religious institutions actually reflect the values of
their prophets and visionaries.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Denis Fitzgerald
- 13 August 2009
A religious purpose is at the heart of Catholic Social Services. Because of this
purpose, organisations need to be able to recruit people who support
the social mission of the Church, and whose conduct will not compromise or undermine the witness of the Church.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Moira Rayner
- 13 August 2009
10 Comments
Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act allows religious and quasi-religious groups
and individuals to 'discriminate' lawfully. It's hard to see the relevance of the beliefs or
lifestyle of a cleaner or clerk in an independent,
para-religious school.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
In the age of equal opportunity and unisex underwear, the feminist movement seems as incendiary as a cup of tea. Then there's ecofeminism, which argues that 'the domination of women and the domination of nature are fundamentally connected'.
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