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(Cth) Extend Workplace Sexual Harassment Complaint Period in the Fair Work Act to 6 Years

In QLD, school suspensions and exclusions are not legislated to be a last resort in response to disability-related behaviour.

In VIC, dingoes (listed as vulnerable) can be killed on private and adjoining public land under a current ‘unprotection order’ in eastern VIC.

In Australia, a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participant can receive Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) and living support from the same provider.

In VIC, the current definition of ‘lobbyist’ does not capture all persons, companies or organisations that engage in lobbying activity.

In VIC, children can be held on remand even when it is not a last resort.

In NSW, cigarettes with filters are still available for consumer purchase.

In QLD, there is a presumption against bail for children between the ages of 10 and 17 charged with an indictable offence while already on bail for another indictable offence.

In NSW, individuals are not required to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC) to work in businesses where children are employed.

In VIC, the reasoning and decision criteria applied to Authority to Control Wildlife (ATCW) permits are not publicly disclosed.

In VIC, complainants in sexual offence proceedings do not have the option to pre-record their evidence for all stages of a trial, or to have this evidence admitted in all relevant proceedings.

In VIC, Country Fire Authority (CFA) Professional, Technical and Administrative (PTA) staff are not eligible for presumptive cancer compensation.

In Australia, the National Construction Code (NCC) does not have a definition of ‘building resilience’.

In Australia, a student with disability can legally be suspended or excluded if behaviours linked to their disability are considered negative or disobedient.

In VIC, when assessing a person’s Working with Children Check (WWCC) application, the worker screening authority cannot consider information beyond formal charges, convictions and relevant disciplinary or regulatory findings. This applies even if the information may relate to a potential risk to children.

In Australia, the term ‘disability’ is not defined consistently under both the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FWA) and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA).

In NSW, there is no positive duty to make reasonable adjustments for people with disability.

In Australia, forced marriage (FM) is not explicitly recognised as a form of domestic and family violence (DFV) under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth).

In Australia, people undergoing intrauterine device (IUD) insertion are currently required to pay additional costs if they choose to receive local anaesthesia during the procedure.

In NSW, individuals could be prosecuted for sexual assault if they do not explicitly disclose their Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) status.