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Age Discrimination
Age Discrimination
Young, old and everyone in between – Australians of all ages have the right to be treated fairly and to enjoy the same opportunities as others.
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Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians with Disability
About Age Discrimination
Complaints under the Age Discrimination Act
Age and Disability Discrimination Commissioner The Hon Susan Ryan AO
What's new
Speech:
Violence, neglect and abuse, UN OEWGA, New York
(
17 July 2017
)
Speech:
Domestic violence and older people
(
21 June 2017
)
Speech:
2017 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Forum
(
15 June 2017
)
Media Release:
Call to action – end elder abuse
(
15 June 2017
)
Current projects
Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians with Disability
National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination against Older Australians and Australians with...
Elder abuse
No older person should be subjected to any form of abuse, often referred to as 'Elder abuse'. Elder...
Power of Oldness
Campaign highlighting the discrimination mature workers face when trying to gain or maintain jobs
Working past our 60s
As a society, we have been slow to recognise that millions of older Australians are locked out of...
Fact or fiction? Stereotypes of older Australians
The damaging effects of negative stereotypes on the lives of older people
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