Further Resources
Australian Human Rights Commission
National Information Service
The Commission’s National Information Service
provides information and referrals for individuals,
organisations and employers about a range of
human rights and discrimination issues.
Phone 1300 656 419 or (02) 9284 9888 to access
this service.
Actuaries Institute of Australia
The following documents from the Institute provide
further information and guidance in relation to AI,
data and/or discrimination:
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Actuaries Institute Response to Human Rights
and Technology Discussion Paper (10 March
2020): https://www.actuaries.asn.au/Library/
Submissions/2020/2020AHRC.pdf
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The Australian Anti-Discrimination Act:
Information and Practical Suggestions
for Actuaries (August 2020): https://
actuaries.logicaldoc.cloud/downloadticket?ticketId=0d5870d6-2acc-4c74-8bced01afd0eba8f
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Big Data and the digital economy: Benefits
and pitfalls in the insurance industry (March
2022): https://actuaries.asn.au/Library/
Opinion/2022/ABSDataPaper.pdf
Complaints process
The Commission can also investigate complaints
about discrimination and other human rights
breaches. The complaints process is simple,
free and flexible. For further information on the
complaints process please visit the Commission’s
website.
Commission publications
The following publications by the Commission
provide further information and guidance in
relation to AI and/or discrimination:
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Using artificial intelligence to make decisions:
Addressing the problem of algorithmic bias
(2020): https://humanrights.gov.au/ourwork/disability-rights/guidelines-providersinsurance-and-superannuation-underdisability
Guidelines for providers of insurance
and superannuation under the Disability
Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (2016): https://
humanrights.gov.au/our-work/disabilityrights/guidelines-providers-insurance-andsuperannuation-under-disability
Federal Discrimination Law (2016): https://
www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/
publications/federal-discrimination-law-2016.
In addition, the Commission can provide assistance
in the form of diversity and inclusion training
workshops and educational resources. For more
information, please contact us by sending an email
to training@humanrights.gov.au.
Other resources include the following academic
papers:
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Frees, Edward W. & Huang, Fei ‘The
Discriminating (Pricing) Actuary’ (2021)
North American Actuarial Journal:
10.1080/10920277.2021.1951296
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Xin, Xi and Huang, Fei ‘Anti-Discrimination
Insurance Pricing: Regulations, Fairness
Criteria, and Models’ (2022): https://ssrn.
com/abstract=3850420 or http://dx.doi.
org/10.2139/ssrn.3850420
State and territory human rights commissions
Links to each of the state and territory human
rights commission or agencies can be found in
section 3.5 above or on the Commission’s website
at https://humanrights.gov.au/extended-area-work/
around-states-and-territories.
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