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Discusses disability discrimination & the process involved in bringing a complaint about disability discrimination in Australia.

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In this article, we discuss disability discrimination and the process involved in bringing a complaint about disability discrimination in Australia. We focus in particular on the federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA), looking at:

what is unlawful discrimination;
the relevant definition of "disability";
direct and indirect discrimination;
defences to disability discrimination;
how to bring a claim for disability discrimination; and
what remedies or compensation are available for disability discrimination.

There are also state-based discrimination statutes and Commissions/Tribunals that handle those complaints. This blog does not deal with those state-based schemes.

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