The Law Handbook 2024

1208 Index supported employment services 783 taking instructions from client with 790–1, 803 tenancy 783–4 Commonwealth Continuity of Support Program 534 specialist disability accommodation 464, 474, 534–6 testamentary capacity 899 treatment compulsory 784–5 consent to see consent to treatment criminal justice system, rights in 786 UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities 779, 849, 851, 1006 unfitness to stand trial 809–10, 845 VCAT Guardianship List see guardianship and administration wills 899 disability accommodation see specialist disability accommodation (SDA) disability advocacy 781, 789, 791–5, 796, 1085 citizen advocacy programs 796 Community Visitors Program 792, 797–8, 841 contacts 791–5, 801 Corrections Independent Support Officer (CISO) 798 definition 796 Disability Advocacy Resource Unit 796, 801 Disability Discrimination Legal Service 89, 783, 792, 799, 801 Disability Justice Australia 792 Disability Resources Centre 792 Disability Services Commissioner 794, 797, 800, 802, 1118, 1122 equal opportunity commissions 801 guardianship 797 Health Complaints Commissioner 799, 849, 850 Independent Family Advocacy and Support 67–8, 789, 793 Independent Mental Health Advocacy 68, 79, 793, 801, 850 independent third person 798, 804–5 mental health 822–3, 849 legal 849 non-legal 822–3 opt-out register 823 Mental Health Legal Centre 793, 798–9, 801, 850 National Disability Advocacy Program 1085 NDIS appeals advocates 781 NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission 787, 793, 797, 798, 800–1 non-legal mental health advocates 822–3 protection from abuse 797 Public Advocate see Office of the Public Advocate self-advocacy 796 Self Advocacy Resource Unit 794, 802 Senior Practitioner 795 services 781, 789, 791–5 support network 796 types 796 Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service 92, 795, 798, 802 Youth Disability Advocacy Service 783 Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU) 796, 801 Disability Advocacy Victoria 796 disability discrimination 781–4, 1004–5 see also discrimination access to premises 784, 1004, 1005 accommodation 783–4, 987 advertisements 1005 assistance animals 986, 1005 definition of disability 781–2 Disability Discrimination Act 782 Disability Standards 784, 986, 1005 duties in relation to 986, 987 education 782–3, 986, 1004, 1005 employment 783, 986, 988, 1005 Equal Opportunity Act 782 exemptions 992–3, 1005 health 782 legislation 782, 1004 owners corporation obligations 609 positive discrimination 1005 Public Transport Standards 1005 reasonable adjustments 783, 986, 1004 unjustifiable hardship 1004 Disability Discrimination Legal Service (DDLS) 89, 783, 792, 799, 801 Disability Justice Australia (DJA) 792 disability parking permit 781 Disability Resources Centre (DRC) 792 Disability Royal Commission (DRC) 778 recommendations 778, 782, 783, 784 Disability Services Commissioner (DSC) 794, 800 complaints to 797, 802, 1118, 1122 contact details 794, 802 functions 800 privacy complaints 1118 website 794, 800, 802 Disability Support Pension 316–17, 780 assets test 318 blind person 316, 317, 318 catastrophic, profound or terminal condition 317 continuing inability to work 316 eligibility 316 impairment tables 316 income test 317–18 job capacity assessment 316 portability 336 program of support 316 rate 317 taxation 337 disclaimers 690 discrimination 984–1007 access to premises 784, 989, 1005 accommodation 783–4, 987, 989 action plans 998 adverse action 1071–2, 1078 advertisements 991, 1003, 1005 age discrimination 889–91, 993, 1005 allowable 991–3 anti-discrimination laws 984, 985 areas of 987–90 assistance animals 986, 1005 assisting 991 attribute, on basis of 986 Australian Human Rights Commission 984, 1002–3 complaints to 984, 1002 court proceedings where case unresolved by 1003 Federal Discrimination Law 2016 1002 human rights inquiries 1005 procedure 1002–3 termination of complaints 1002–333 workplace discrimination inquiries 1006 authorising 991 bases of 985–6 characteristic, on basis of 986 Charter of Human Rights 984, 999–1002 override declarations 1001 public authorities’ duty of compliance 1000 remedies for breach 1001 statement of compatibility 1000 clubs 989, 993, 1004 Commonwealth Acts 984, 1002–6 complaints 984–5, 995–8, 1002, 1005 AHRC, to 984, 1002–3, 1005–6 court proceedings where unresolved 1003 investigation 997, 1002 police, against 1143 termination by AHRC 1002–3 UN committees, to 1006 VEOHRC, to 984, 995–6 victimisation because of 1003 compliance with laws or court orders 993 contacts 1006, 1074 contract work 988 criminal record, on basis of 248–9 definition 985–7 direct 987 disability see disability discrimination disposal of land 989 dispute resolution 995–8 practice guidelines 997 settlement agreement 996 VCAT 996–7 VEOHRC 995–6 education 783–4, 986, 988, 1004, 1005 employer’s liability 989–90, 991, 994, 1003 employment 986, 988, 1005, 1072 disability 783 duty to eliminate 985, 987 employment-related areas 988 genuine occupational requirements 992 volunteers and unpaid workers 988 enterprise agreement terms 1060 Equal Opportunity Act 2010 984, 985 bases of discrimination under 985 exceptions 991–3 exemptions 993 Equal Opportunity Commission see Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission exceptions 990, 991–5, 1004 expunged homosexual conviction 986 Fair Work Act 2009 984, 985 Federal Circuit and Family Court 1003 Federal Court 1003 genuine occupational requirements 992 goods and services 989, 1004 health and safety exception 992