Chapter 4: Endnotes 1. 2. 3. For example, the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) ‘helped redefine the role of women in Australian society’: ‘Defining Moments: Sex Discrimination Act’, <Sex Discrimination Act | National Museum of Australia (nma.gov.au)>. The framework of setting up standards was ‘innovative’: Ronalds C and Raper E, (2012), Discrimination Law and Practice, Federation Press, 4th edition. Extract in Rees N, Rice S and Allen D, (2018), Australian Anti-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Law, Federation Press, 3rd edition, pp. 5–6. 11. Brandy v HREOC (1995) 183 CLR 245. In June 2008, the Senate referred an inquiry to the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs into the effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality. 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Australian Human Rights Commission, (2021), Position Paper: A reform agenda for federal discrimination laws, [3.4], <https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/rightsand-freedoms/publications/free-and-equal-reformagenda-federal-discrimination-laws>. 5. Commonwealth of Australia, (29 September 2023), Final report – Volume 4, Realising the human rights of people with disability, <https://disability.royalcommission.gov. au/publications/final-report-volume-4-realising-humanrights-people-disability>. 6. Commonwealth of Australia, (29 September 2023), Final report - Volume 4, Realising the human rights of people with disability, p. 280, <https://disability. royalcommission.gov.au/publications/final-reportvolume-4-realising-human-rights-people-disability>. 13. Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department, Regulatory powers, <https://www.ag.gov.au/legalsystem/administrative-law/regulatory-powers>. 14. 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For details of the Commission’s engagement on religious discrimination protections see the Commission’s submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights for its inquiry into the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (Cth) and associated bills, <https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/ submission/inquiry-religious-discrimination-bill-2021and-related-bills>. 20. Attorney Generals Department, Review of Secrecy Provisions, <https://www.ag.gov.au/crime/publications/ review-secrecy-provisions>. 21. Attorney Generals Department, Review into an appropriate cost model for Commonwealth antidiscrimination laws, <https://consultations.ag.gov.au/ rights-and-protections/cost-model-anti-discriminationlaws/>. 22. Australian Human Rights Commission, (2022), Guidelines on the Use of Confidentiality Clauses in the Resolution of Workplace Sexual Harassment Complaints, <https:// www.respectatwork.gov.au/resource-hub/guidelinesuse-confidentiality-clauses-resolution-workplace-sexualharassment-complaints>. 7. Commonwealth of Australia, (29 September 2023), Final report – Volume 4, Realising the human rights of people with disability, p. 279, <https://disability. royalcommission.gov.au/publications/final-reportvolume-4-realising-human-rights-people-disability>. 8. Australian Human Rights Commission, (2020), Wiyi Yani U Thangani: Women’s Voices. Securing Our Rights. Securing Our Future, <https://wiyiyaniuthangani. humanrights.gov.au>. 9. Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic) s 15(2). 10. Belinda Smith, (2008), ‘It’s about Time: For a new Regulatory Approach to Equality’, Federal Law Review 117, vol. 36(2), p. 132, <http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/ journals/FedLawRw/2008/5.html#Heading3>. 96 12. 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