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English version of factsheets in community languages
Has someone treated you unfairly or discriminated against you?
Some types of unfair treatment (discrimination) are against the law
Here are some examples:
People at work laugh at you because of your accent.
Your boss dismisses you because you are pregnant.
Someone refuses to rent you a house or flat because of your race, or because you have children, or because you are not married.
Someone at work touches your body when you do not want them to, or says sexual things to you that you do not like.
- A shopkeeper refuses to serve you because you are from another country.
- Your boss dismisses you because you take time off work to care for your sick child.
Who can help
The Anti-Discrimination Board may be able to help you if someone treats you unfairly (discriminates against you) because of your:
- race, colour, language, religious clothing or accent
- sex (because you are a woman or a man)
- pregnancy
- age
- disability (a physical, intellectual, psychiatric, or learning disability or an illness)
- marital status (because you are married, single, defacto, separated, widowed or divorced)
- homosexuality (because you are a gay man or a lesbian)
- transgender status (because you live, or want to live as a member of the opposite sex to your birth sex)
- responsibility to care for a child or family member.
The Anti-Discrimination Board may also be able to help you if someone behaves in a way:
- that you do not want
- that offends, humiliates or scares you
- that is either sexual, or targets you because of any of the other reasons (such as your race, sex) listed above
This is called harassment and it is also against the law.
Phone the Anti-Discrimination Board on:
Sydney (02) 9268 5544
Newcastle (02) 4926 4300
Wollongong (02) 4224 9960
or toll free 1800 670 812
- Tele-typewriter (TTY) for people who are deaf or have a hearing impairment (02) 9268 5522
- Translating and Interpreting Service for telephone interpreter, 131 450
Or speak to your local community worker.
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