What exceptions are listed in the Act?
The Act lists general exceptions at sections 23-26 as:
- actions required by law
- disadvantaged groups and special needs
- equal opportunities
Specific exceptions
The Act then lists specific exceptions — that is, exceptions relating to certain attributes or identities — sections 27-55:
- gender/sex
- family responsibilities and other attributes
- sport and gender/sex
- insurance and superannuation, and gender/sex or marital status
- sporting activity and age
- clubs for particular age groups
- superannuation, insurance and financial services for particular age groups
- employment based on age
- education for persons of a particular age group
- benefits and concessions and age
- children requiring an adult companion
- clubs for persons of certain race
- employment based on race
- cultural and religious places
- sporting activity for persons with disabilities
- insurance and superannuation for persons with disabilities
- employment based on disability
- education for persons with disabilities
- infectious disease
- access and provision of services
- employment based on industrial activity
- irrelevant criminal record in the care of children
- employment based on religion
- participation in religious observance
- employment and political belief, affiliation or activity
- legal incapacity
- public purpose in reporting matters relating to race, disability, sexual orientation or lawful sexual activity, and religious belief or affiliation or religious activity