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Title: Anti-Discrimination Board (NSW)
About: Fact sheets covering all aspects of unlawful discrimination such as race, disability, carers, age, indigenous people, pregnancy, marital status, harrassment, vilification, and includes making and lodging complaints, going to the tribunal and conciliation conferences. Information available in community languages.
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Title: Complaint guide: an introduction for people making a complain, or responding to a complaint, before the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
About: Available in Arabic, Bosnian Chinese, Croatian, French, Greek, Indonesian, Polish, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese
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Title: Has someone treated you unfairly or discriminated against you?
About: Available in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Farsi, Filipino, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Macedonian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Tongan, Turkish, Vietnamese
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Title: Understanding your legal rights: a guide for lesbians and gay men in NSW
About: This guide looks at the legal rights of those in same-sex relationships and covers discrimination, employment, immigration, parenting, superannuation and taxation, property rights, wills and inheritance.
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Title: Discrimination toolkit: your guide to making a discrimination complaint
About: For people who believe they have been discriminated against and want to do something about it. Also a useful resource for community workers, advocates and legal practitioners who want to help clients who are experiencing discrimination.
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Title: Discrimination - Hot Topics series no 40
About: This issue looks at the sources of anti-discrimination law, the forms of discrimination which are against the law under Federal and State laws, and provides case studies and legislation timelines.
Author: Rice, Simon
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Title: Bill of Rights - Hot Topics series no 54
About: Asks if Australia should have a Bill of Rights; looks at the ACT's Human Rights Act 2004 and how it attempts to give recognition to principles of fundamental human rights. Examines the types of guarantees of fundamental rights that exist in other countries and what impact a Bill of Rights would have in the Australian context.
Author: Kate Eastman, Professor George Williams, Helen Watchirs, Victoria Coakley
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Books in public libraries

Title: Discrimination Chapter 19: The law handbook 11th edition
About: Covers types of discrimination (sex, race, marital status, sexual preference, disability, transgender, age, carer). Illegal discrimination, direct and indirect discrimination, vilification, victimisation, employment related discrimination, affirmative action and where to take complaints.
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Discrimination - Hot Topics series no 40
About: This issue looks at the sources of anti-discrimination law, the forms of discrimination which are against the law under Federal and State laws, and provides case studies and legislation timelines.
Author: Rice, Simon
Where: Check your public library.
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A Hot Topics title

Title: Bill of Rights - Hot Topics series no 54
About: Asks if Australia should have a Bill of Rights; looks at the ACT's Human Rights Act 2004 and how it attempts to give recognition to principles of fundamental human rights. Examines the types of guarantees of fundamental rights that exist in other countries and what impact a Bill of Rights would have in the Australian context.
Author: Kate Eastman, Professor George Williams, Helen Watchirs, Victoria Coakley
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Discrimination law and practice 3rd edition
About: Covers state and federal discrimination laws - harassment, racial discrimination, victimisation, liability, compaint-handling processes, workplace and education discrimination.
Author: Ronalds, Chris and Pepper, Rachel
Where: Check your public library.
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Title: Using disability discrimination law in New South Wales 2nd edition
About: Explains what is and what is not disability discrimination and the differences between NSW and Federal laws. It outlines your options and explains what happens if you take legal action.
Where: Check your public library.
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Lawyers' Tools

Title: Australian and New Zealand equal opportunity law and practice
About: Covers Commonwealth and NSW anti discrimination legislation and cases, sexual harassment, discrimination in the workplace, education, clubs, and in provision of goods and services. Location number Ref/N344.9/1 and online (For onsite clients only).
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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Title: Redfern Legal Centre's lawyers practice manual
About: Information about lawyer/client relationship, criminal law, including bail and pleamaking, defending in committal proceedings, drink driving, drugs and shoplifting, street offences such as swearing, prostitution and trespass. Also covers family law, accidents and compensation including workers compensation, tenancy, dividing fences, retirement villages, consumer law, social security, disability law, credit and debt, wills and estates, administrative law, immigration law, employment, discrimination and human rights, veteran's affairs and intellectual property. Location number LIAC/N349.944/6A.
Author: Rees, Neil
Where: Available from the Legal Information Access Centre, State Library of NSW
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