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Diversity
Irrespective
of what your school policies say or do about issues relating
to diversity and belonging, the law ensures that discrimination
of any kind is illegal and you have the right to be protected.
If your school doesn’t protect you from Racial Discrimination,
then it is breaking federal
(Australia-wide) and state laws. There are two main laws in
Victoria that make it illegal to discriminate against anyone
for unjust reasons.
- According
to the Australian
Racial Discrimination Act (1975), it is “unlawful
for a person to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate
a person, or group of people, because of race,
colour or national or ethnic origin”
- Victorian’s
Equal Opportunity Act (1995) makes it unlawful to treat
someone unfairly or harass them because of actual or assumed
belief about something. These include your gender,
physical features, disability, sexual orientation or your
association with someone who may have one or more of those
personal characteristics. People who hassle you for making
a complaint are also breaking the law.
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