Annual reports
- 2007 - 2008 (pdf) (Word)
- 2006 - 2007 (pdf) (Word)
- 2005 - 2006 (pdf) (Word)
- 2004 - 2005 (pdf) (Word)
- 2002 - 2003 (pdf) (Word)
- Annual Report 2007 - 2008 (Full Report - pdf size: 8.08 mb)
- Annual Report 2006 - 2007 (Full Report - pdf size: 1.4 mb)
- Annual Report 2005 - 2006 (Full Report - pdf size: 922 kb)
- Annual Report 2004 - 2005 (Full Report - pdf size: 1.59 mb)
- Annual Report 2003 - 2004 (Full Report - winzip
size: 1.08 mb)
- Commissioner's Overview (pdf size: 144 kb)
- Report on Community Education (pdf size: 255 kb)
- Report on Conciliation Services (pdf size: 232 kb)
- Report on Corporate Governance and Compliance (pdf size: 221 kb)
- Performance Indicators (pdf size: 272 kb)
- Financial Statements (pdf size: 481 kb)
- Strategic Planning Framework Section (pdf size: 154 kb)
- Appendix A Case Studies (pdf size: 133 kb | word size: 395 kb)
- Appendix B Feedback Form (pdf
size: 89.3 kb | word
size: 503 kb)
- 2002 - 2003 (Full Report - pdf
size: 749 kb)
- Commissioner's Overview (pdf size: 118 kb)
- Report on Community Education (pdf size: 150 kb)
- Report on Conciliation Services (pdf size: 179 kb)
- Report on Corporate Governance and Compliance (pdf size: 200 kb)
- Performance Indicators (pdf size: 176 kb)
- Financial Statements (pdf size: 289 kb)
- Appendices (pdf size: 148 kb)
Brochures
- Age Discrimination (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 41 kb)
- Conciliation Guide (pdf size: 321 kb | word size: 33.5 kb)
- Complaint Process (pdf size: 2 mb | word size: 43 kb)
- Family Responsibilities and Family Status (pdf size: 1.70 mb | word size: 38 kb)
- Gender History (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 48 kb)
- Information Brief: Complaint Handling and Conciliation (pdf size: 192 kb)
in the Equal Opportunity Commission ( pdf size: 192 kb) - Impairment Discrimination (pdf size: 1.74 mb | word size: 39 kb)
- Marital Status (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 44 kb)
- Pregnancy Discrimination (pdf size: 1.66 mb| word size: 32 kb)
- Race Discrimination (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 31.5 kb)
- Racial Harassment (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 36 kb)
- Religious and Political Conviction (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 46kb)
- Sex Discrimination (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 34.5 kb)
- Sexual Harassment (pdf size:1.66 mb | word size: 40 kb)
- Sexual Orientation (pdf size:1.66 mb | word size: 40.5 kb)
- Sexual Orientation and Gender History (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 48 kb)
- Sexual Orientation Fact Sheet (pdf size: 183 kb)
- Unlawful Discrimination (pdf size: 1.66 mb | word size: 25 kb)
- Youth Leaflet (pdf size: 1.55 mb)
How to deal with bullying at work
Unfair dismissal
An information brochure on discrimination and unfair dismissal was recently released by the Equal Opportunity Commissioner Yvonne Henderson and Fair Employment Advocate Helen Creed, and can be downloaded here. |
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Equal Opportunity Act 1984 Review
| Sweeping changes to the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 have been recommended following a comprehensive review of the Act, the first since its enactment in 1985. The Review attracted nearly 600 individual and 90 organisational submissions, with the 76-page report referred to in State Parliament by Attorney General Jim McGinty on Thursday May 24, 2007. The review recommends introducing a number of new grounds of unlawful discrimination, including breastfeeding, bullying and irrlevant criminal or medical record. |
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Poster Series
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| Common workplace animals | Discrimination is backwards thinking | Stop – don’t let discrimination go on |
To order posters: Please click here.
Recruitment Guide
| The 2007 recruitment guide is a plain English guide for employers and those working in the recruitment industry in Western Australia. The 32-page booklet is titled “Are you getting it right?” and will help people plan ahead and prevent discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The guide contains useful hints and case studies, plus examines grounds of unlawful discrimination and harassment in employment under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984. It also provides ten steps to best practice recruiting in Western Australia and information on how to contact the Commission. |
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| The 2007 recruitment guide can be downloaded from here or you can request a copy by ringing the Commission on 08 9216 3900 or emailing eoc@eoc.wa.gov.au. |
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Newsletters - Discrimination Matters
The Commission publishes a free newsletter Discrimination Matters each quarter. The newsletter covers current issues, and includes summaries of decisions by tribunals and judiciaries.
If you like to keep up to date with recent case law on discrimination and harassment, please complete the Discrimination Matters Registration
Form, or ring us on 08 9216 3900 and acopy of Discrimination Matters will be sent, in print or electronic format, to you every quarter.
2006 Archives
2005 Archives
2004 Archives
2003 Archives
2002 Archives
Discrimination Matters Registration
If you like to keep up to date with recent case law on discrimination and harassment, please complete the form and a copy of "Discrimination Matters" will be sent to you every quarter.
Strategic plan
VISION
The Equal Opportunity Commission aims to ensure Western Australia, as
part of the international community, becomes a more just and equitable
society, by advancing human rights and not tolerating discrimination.
AIMS
We will do this by being fearless and unapologetic advocates for justice
and integrity and for the human rights of everyone through:
1. Advocacy
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Of the Equal Opportunity Act, and its principles
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For the necessary conditions for a human rights culture to grow
2. Community Education
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Challenging misconceptions about equality of opportunity and current myths about particular community groups
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Educating everyone about their human rights
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Spreading understanding of the need for and legitimacy of special measures to achieve equality
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Through receiving and resolving complaints, acting as an agent of change and for the development of public policy
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Informing the community about how the Act can and should be used to guarantee and strengthen rights under the law
3. Identifying systemic discrimination
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In public and private institutions, and
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Understanding the nature, severity and prevalence of unlawful discrimination, harassment and related hatred in the community through enquiries and complaints, reviews, investigations and reports
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Informing government and the public
4. A just remedy for discrimination
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Maintaining the independence and neutrality of the Commissioner – not favouring any group over another
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Providing effective, just, impartial and timely mechanisms to resolve complaints.
5. Influencing Government
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Reports to Minister
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Reporting to Parliament
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Creative and original use of all kinds of communication media
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Developing relationships of influence with significant actors
6. Being Accessible
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To all individuals and communities who experience disadvantage
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To grassroots organisations
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To rural communities, and
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To isolated people
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Through consultation with potential users, finding the best ways of making the Equal Opportunity Act and the Equal Opportunity Commission accessible to everyone, whatever their needs, expectations and attitudes.
OUR APPROACH TO THIS WORK
The EOC will create and maintain:
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A learning environment, in which all staff are valued, fostered and challenged
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A culture of communication, in which differences and different perspectives are acknowledged as a strength
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Within the EOC, a heightened consciousness of the causes of discrimination, and
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A better understanding of special measures, and
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An understanding of our own prejudices, in order to ensure the best services for all.
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Developing and delivering a whole of Commission approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.
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Involving and engaging non-government, government and business communities in the development of a human rights culture.
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Improving awareness and understanding of the role and function of the Equal Opportunity Commission.
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Using the Act proactively.
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Improving the way we work.
Speeches
- 'Equality - Do today's young women and men want it?' by
Professor Chilla Bulbeck, Professor of Women's Studies, University of Adelaide
Other reports
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Accommodating Everyone: An inquiry into whether persons from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal people are being discriminated against on the basis of their race either directly or indirectly in the private housing rental market - PDF size 2.71mb Word size 20mb
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Finding a Place: Report of the inquiry into the existence of discriminatory practices in relation to the provision of Public Housing and related services to Aboriginal People in Western Australia - Report pdf size: 5.07 mb
EOC/Shelter WA Indigenous Forum on Housing Strategy Discussion Draft
More than 20 stakeholders met at the EOC on Thursday 9 February 2006 to gather input from organisations and individuals involved with Indigenous housing in WA, in response to the Housing Strategy WA Discussion Draft. This strategy, once finalised, will have implications for the Western Australian housing system over the next 20-25 years. Input received from this forum and earlier meetings was submitted 28 Feb 06 to the Office of Policy and Planning, Department of Housing and Works.
- State Housing Strategy: EOC submission - One page summary
- State Housing Strategy: EOC submission - Executive summary
- State Housing Strategy: Letter of response
- State Housing Strategy: Feedback forum