Racial Discrimination Act 1975

It is unlawful for a person to commit an act of victimisation against another person.

See also subsection 27(2) (offences relating to administration of this Act).

See also the definition of unlawful discrimination in the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.

For the purposes of subsection (1), a person (the first person) commits an act of victimisation against another person if the first person:

refuses to employ the other person; or

dismisses, or threatens to dismiss, the other person from the other person’s employment; or

prejudices, or threatens to prejudice, the other person in the other person’s employment; or

intimidates or coerces, or imposes any pecuniary or other penalty upon, the other person;

has made, or proposes to make, a complaint under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or

has given, or proposes to give, any information or documents to a person exercising or performing any powers or functions under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986; or

has attended, or proposes to attend, a conference held under this Act or the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.