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Commonwealth for the purpose of promoting
the objects of the ADA
to consider and grant exemptions for
compliance with the ADA
to examine enactments, or proposed
enactments, to determine compliance with the
objects of the ADA
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 on the
ground of age
to prepare, and to publish in the manner the
Commission considers appropriate, guidelines
for avoiding discrimination on the ground of
age, and
where the Commission thinks 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 issues of
discrimination on the ground of age.
The Commission has additional functions arising
from the Acts mentioned below, which also
prescribe responsibilities on particular Commission
Members as set out below.
(f) President
The President is the Commission’s Accountable
Authority under the Public Governance, Performance
and Accountability Rule 2014 (Cth), responsible for
its financial and administrative affairs. Information on
the Accountable Authority is set out in Appendix 3.
The President is responsible for the complainthandling function of the Commission and is the
Agency Head under the Public Service Act 1999
(Cth) section 7.
(g) Sex Discrimination Commissioner
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner has functions
under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) in relation to
federal awards and equal pay.
(L-R) eSafety Commissioner, Julie
Inman Grant; Privacy Commissioner,
Carly Kind; Age Discrimination
Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald;
Human Rights Commissioner,
Lorraine Finlay at the Symposium on
Neurotechnology and Human Rights.
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