• • • that lead to racial discrimination, to promote understanding, tolerance, and friendship among racial and ethnic groups, and to propagate the purposes and principles of the relevant Convention to prepare, and to publish in such manner as the Commission considers appropriate, guidelines for the avoidance of infringements within the Act where the Commission considers it appropriate to do so, with the leave of the court hearing the proceedings, and subject to any conditions imposed by the court, to intervene in proceedings that involve racial discrimination issues, and to inquire into, and make determinations, on matters referred to it by the Race Discrimination Commissioner or the Minister. (c) Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA) The Commission’s functions under the SDA include: • • • • • to promote understanding and acceptance of, and compliance with, the SDA to undertake research and educational programs on behalf of the Commonwealth for the purpose of promoting the objects of the SDA to examine enactments, and proposed enactments to ensure consistency with the SDA and its objects to consider grant appropriate exemptions for compliance with the SDA to report to the Minister as to the laws that should be made by the Parliament, or action that should be taken by the Commonwealth, on matters relating to discrimination under the SDA Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Vice Admiral David Johnston, AC, RAN, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Anna Cody, and Chief of the Defence Force, General Angus Campbell, AO, DSC, before a meeting held at the Russell offices in Canberra. Dr Cody is holding the new Defence-AHRC Collaboration Agreement 2024-2029. ©Defence Annual Report 2023–2024 • 11