A complaint of discrimination in the provision of services requires a causal nexus between the complainant's protected attribute and the less favourable treatment; a mere belief that discrimination occurred, without any factual basis linking the attribute to the treatment, is insufficient to satisfy the threshold for acceptance of a complaint under s 67 of the Anti-Discrimination Act (NT). The correctness of the decision in [name withheld] that there is no appeal to the Local Court from a s 66 decision remains an open question.
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