The Suspension and Reinstatement of the RDA and Special Measures in the NTER
Table of Contents
- Summary
- 1. Background: suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) (RDA) under the NTER Legislation
- 1.1. Suspension of the NTER Act, the SSWP Act and the FCSIA Act from the operation of Part II of the RDA (prohibition on racial discrimination).
- 1.2. Deeming of acts done pursuant to the NTER Act, the SSWP Act and the FCSIA Act to ‘special measures’ for the purposes of s 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).
- 2. Proposed change in the 2009 Welfare Reform Bill
- 3. The Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the 2009 Welfare Reform Bill
- 4. The 2010 Welfare Reform Act
- 5. Conclusion: outstanding issues since the 2010 Act
- 6. Postscript
- Annexure A Special measures and application of discrimination law to NTER legislation
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 (Cth)
- Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Act 2007 (Cth)
- Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Act 2007 (Cth)
- Annexure B Objects clauses dealing with special measures
