Equal Opportunity Act 1984

carry out investigations, research and inquiries relating to discrimination or sexual or racial harassment of the kinds rendered unlawful under this Act; and

acquire and disseminate knowledge on all matters relating to the —

elimination of discrimination on the ground of sex, marital status or pregnancy, family responsibility or family status, sexual orientation, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, age or the publication of relevant details on the Fines Enforcement Registrar’s website and elimination of discrimination against gender reassigned persons on gender history grounds; and

elimination of sexual harassment and racial harassment at work, in educational institutions or related to accommodation; and

achievement of the principle of equality of men and women and of persons of all races and all persons regardless of their religious or political convictions, their impairments or their ages;

arrange and coordinate consultations, inquiries, discussions, seminars and conferences; and

review, from time to time, the laws of the State; and

consult with governmental, business, industrial and community groups in order to ascertain means of improving services and conditions affecting a person or persons who are subject to discrimination on the ground of sex, marital status or pregnancy, family responsibility or family status, sexual orientation, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, age or the publication of relevant details on the Fines Enforcement Registrar’s website or who being a gender reassigned person or persons are subject to discrimination on gender history grounds or who are subject to sexual or racial harassment; and

develop programmes and policies promoting the achievement of the principle of equality between men and women, persons of all races and all persons regardless of religious or political conviction, impairment or age; and

subject to section 167, publish any written reports compiled in the exercise of the powers conferred on the Commissioner by this section and section 82; and

perform —

any function conferred on the Commissioner by any other written law;

any function conferred on the Commissioner under any arrangement in force under section 7;

any function conferred on the Commissioner under any Act of the Commonwealth, being a function that is declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be complementary to other functions of the Commissioner;

do anything conducive or incidental to the performance of the functions conferred or imposed on the Commissioner under this section.