Australian Disability Discrimination Legislation

Disability Discrimination Act 1992

The objects of this Act are:

1. to eliminate, as far as possible, discrimination against persons on the ground of disability in the areas of:
   1. work, accommodation, education, access to premises, clubs and sport; and
   2. the provision of goods,facilities, services and land; and
   3. existing laws; and
   4. the administration of Commonwealth laws and programs; and
2. to ensure, as far as practicable, that persons with disabilities have the same rights to equality before the law as the rest of the community; and
3. to promote recognition and acceptance within the community of the principle that persons with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as the rest of the community.