Sydney Law School: Recent submissions
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Fair and equal in the world of work: Two significant federal developments in Australian discrimination law
Published 2010Two recent discrimination law reforms serve to strengthen human rights protection in Australia, particularly for persons with disability, bringing the right to equality in from the cold and more squarely into the industrial ...Open AccessArticle -
Preventing sexual harassment in work: Exploring the promise of work health and safety laws
Published 2019Despite a growing consensus that sexual harassment is wrong, it continues to be remarkably prevalent in Australian workplaces. Sex discrimination laws which were expressly designed to prohibit this behaviour have operated ...Open AccessArticle -
Using data to drive gender equality in employment: More power to the people?
Published 2015After almost 30 years of unsuccessfully trying to effect gender equality in employment through legislation that asks employers to self-review and report on processes, the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 (Cth) represents ...Open AccessArticle -
A carton of milk, a bump to the head and one legal headache: vicarious liability in the High Court of Australia
Published 2006The latest consideration of vicarious liability by the High Court of Australia arose from a common, everyday occurrence. Late one afternoon in early August 2000, Maria Sweeney stopped in at the BP service station in West ...Open AccessArticle -
A clearly inappropriate forum? Jurisdiction, internet defamation and the high court of Australia
Published 2003When the High Court of Australia handed down its decision in Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick on 10 December 2002, it attracted international media coverage, a significant proportion of which was hostile. This level of interest, ...Open AccessArticle