This new edition of Australia's most comprehensive book on anti-discrimination law has been fully revised and updated, re-written and reformatted to enhance its accessibility. It continues to offer both a substantial text for a specialist audience, and a powerful critique of anti-discrimination law in Australia.

The authors support their analysis and explanation of legislation and case law with carefully-selected extracts from a broad range of decisions, law reform reports, and academic writers and commentators.Key Features of the New EditionRevised introduction to and overview of Australian anti-discrimination law.

New stand alone chapters for Protected Attributes:

• Race Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Age Discrimination, Carers' Responsibilities and Other Protected Attributes.
• Detailed account of legislative reform and developments in case law, in all nine jurisdictions, up to late 2017.
• An account of changed complaints procedures under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act, and of the case law and public debate that triggered the changes.
• Comprehensive analysis of the operation of special measures provisions in all of the anti-discrimination statutes.
• Integrated discussion of the exceptions to the prohibition of discrimination for each attribute and in each area.