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3 Australasian Gay & Lesbian L.J. 39 (1993)
An Analysis of NSW Attorney-General's Anti-Discrimination (Amendment) Bill 1993

handle is hein.journals/agllj3 and id is 45 raw text is: ANTHONY ANDERSON: NSW A-G'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 39 An Analysis of NSW Attorney- General's Anti-Discrimination (Amendment) Bill 1993 Anthony Anderson Solicitor with Owen Trembath & Associates, Kings Cross, Sydney Member of the Legal Working Group of the AIDS Council of NSW Convener of the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre In February 1993 Clover Moore, the Independent Legislative Assembly member for Bligh, introduced into State Parliament her Anti-Discrimination (Homosexual Vilific- ation) Amendment Bill, which was based on the current New South Wales racial vilification legislation. The Bill was passed in the Legislative Assembly but was blocked in the Legislative Council because of a lack of support from the government. One of the main arguments for failing to support the Bill was that the government would be introducing a more comprehensive Bill than that introduced by Clover Moore. John Hannaford, the Attorney-General, released a draft of that Bill in June 1993. The Attorney-General's Bill covers not only homosexual vilification but also vilification of people with HIV or AIDS. Current provisions in the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) relating to discrimination against people on the grounds of homosexuality remain, as do the provisions regarding sex, marital status and age, while the ground of racial discrimination is broadened to include ethno-religion and descent. The previous separate grounds for discrimination for physical impairment and intellectual impairment have now been combined under the one heading of

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