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Waters v Public Transport Corporation

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Vincent
JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1991] HCA 49,1991-1203 HCA E
Date1991
Year1991
CourtHigh Court
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9 books & journal articles
  • Sex Discrimination, Courts and Corporate Power
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 36-1, March 2008
    • 1 Marzo 2008
    ...CLR 168; Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1; Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) 187 CLR 1; Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349. 79 (2006) 226 ALR 196. 80 Simpson makes this argument with particular reference to the provisions dealing with the non-discrimination prin......
  • The educational rights of persons with disabilities
    • United Kingdom
    • International Journal of Discrimination and the Law No. 12-4, December 2012
    • 1 Diciembre 2012
    ...Act 1992 proscribes not only deliberate but thoughtless or inadvertentdiscrimination as well; see Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349.81. See Section 5(2) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.82. This would also include the wider community.83. These relevant circum......
  • Context and interpretation in anti-discrimination law.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 26 No. 2, August 2002
    • 1 Agosto 2002
    ...(1989) 168 CLR 165; and government policies which impact harshly on a particular group: eg Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 (`Waters'); Sinnappan v Victoria [1995] 1 VR 421 (Court of Appeal) (`Northland Secondary College (4) See, eg, Equal Opportunity Commission Vict......
  • Human Rights in the High Court of Australia, 1976-2003: The Righting of Australian Law?
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 33-2, June 2005
    • 1 Junio 2005
    ...and Toohey JJ re: War Crimes Amendment Act 1988 (Cth) and the principle of non- retrospectivity); Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1992) 173 CLR 349 (Mason CJ and Gaudron J re: Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (Vic)); Western Australia v Commonwealth (1995) 183 CLR 373 (Mason CJ, Brennan, D......
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