Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Annual Report 1990-91



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ORGANISATION

Human Rights and Equal

CHART as at 30 JUNE 1991 Opportunity Commission

Human Rights
Commissioner
Briau Purdekin

Race Discrimination
Commissioner
Irene Moss

Sex Discrimination
Commissioner
Quentin Bryce

Executive
Support

Secretary
Chris Sidoti

SES BAND

Assistant Secretary
Privacy
Nigel Waters

rAssistant Secretary Law, Policy &

Conciliation

Bronwyn Scheelbeek

SES BAND

Policy &
Research

Education
Promotion

Corporate
Services

Information
Technology
Standards

Legal

Conciliation

Policy

Media Queensland

Unit


Community

Relations Northern

Strategy Territory

Unit


Compliance

Tasmania

President
Sir Ronald Wilson

Privacy
Commissioner
Kevin O'Connor



Table 1

New complaints within jurisdiction received July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991




Central Office

Qld

NT

Tas

NSW

Vic

SA

WA

Total

SDA

40

138

14







104

213

34

803

RDA

30

77

17




105

42

62

17

352

HREOC Act

135

58




18













216

Privacy Act

66






















66

Total

271

273

36

-15

340

146

275

51

1437

Table 2
















Cases closed July 1, 1990 — June 30, 1991



















Central

Qld

NT

Tas

NSW

Vic

SA

WA

Total




Office

























SDA

30

116

15

30

294

73

203

38

799

RDA

16

74

10

3

172

33

63

22

393

HREOC Act

95

52

7
















159

Privacy Act

59






















59

Total

200

242

32

38

466

106

266

60

1410

176 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Table 3

Outcomes of complaints closed July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991





Central Office

Qld

NT

Tas

NSW

Vic

SA

WA

Total

Conciliated

76

105

15

32

208

47

186

17

686

Discontinued

92

92

12

I

165

18

56

16

457

Declined

17

17

2

1

47

15

13

7

114

Outside jurisdiction

























13

Referred elsewhere

























1 1

Referred for investigation by




























Commissioner

























7

R eferTed for hearing

8

30










14




10

68

Report to




























Minister




























Other













44

1)







59

Total

200

242




38

466

106

266

60

1410


Annual Report 1990-91 177




178 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
T able 4

Breakdown of NUA complaints

Employment 177

IREOC related 172

Misconceived 153

Sex related 141

Family law/legal system/justice 126

Race related I 10

Miscellaneous 108

Privacy Act 94

Referred to other agency 93

State/Local Government 83

Immigration 53

Prisons 43

Police 16

Housing -15



Social Security 10

Disability 6

Age 5


Advertising

Education

Goods/services/places/faci 1 i ties

Overseas matters

Sexual preference

Total 1418

Table 5

Complaints lodged under the HREOC Act July 1, 1990 to June 30, 1991

Central Qld NT 7'as Total

Office


Relevant International Instrument

Intetnational Covenant on I I ii and Political Rights

Intcl.national Lai-mut-

t tntanisation Convention I I I.



Declaration of the Rights of. the Child Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons



Total 135 18 216


Area of Complaint

Employment

Immigration

Access to goods and services Education

Civil rights in general





IS 202

4
4





216


144 60 4

/14

64 48 102



Total

214

135







18

91










36

19







133







18

49

8




6




20







59

30







133

58

5

18




Total

Category of Complainant Males

Females Group/organisation

Other

Category of Respondent Commonwealth authority State

Other


Nol b:corded

I oral




Annual Report 1990-91

179
N ote 2 (lent alOffice complaints involved 2 international instruments and 2 areas of complaint

Table 6

Grounds of complaint under ILO 111

Ground Central Qld Tax NT Total

Office

Age 57 14



Medical record 10 16

Criminal record 15

Impairment ?ti

Marital status

Mental disability

Psychiatric: disability

Intellectual disability

Nationality



Sexual preference 5 6

Trade union activity 15
Religion

Political opinion

Race

Sex 14 14



Physical disability 3 6 7 16

Total 131* 58 18 4 211

Several complaints covered more than one ground




180 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission




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