Equal Opportunity Act 1984. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Western Australia Document type Legislation Date 1984 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to promote equality of opportunity in Western Australia and to provide remedies in respect of discrimination on the grounds of sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, family responsibility or family status, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, age, or publication of details on the Fines Enforcement Registrar’s website, or involving sexual or racial harassment or, in certain cases, on gender history grounds. Subject Land & soil, General Keyword Equity Gender Social protection Human rights Breastfeeding/infant food Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Property rights Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract The objects of this Act are (a) to eliminate, so far as is possible, discrimination against persons on the ground of sex, marital status or pregnancy, family responsibility or family status, sexual orientation, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, age, publication of relevant details on the Fines Enforcement Registrar’s website or, in certain cases, gender history in the areas of work, accommodation, education, the provision of goods, facilities and services and the activities of clubs; and (b) to eliminate, so far as is possible, sexual harassment and racial harassment in the workplace and in educational institutions and sexual harassment and racial harassment related to accommodation; and (c) to promote recognition and acceptance within the community of the equality of men and women; and (d) to promote recognition and acceptance within the community of the equality of persons of all races and of all persons regardless of their sexual orientation, religious or political convictions or their impairments or ages. Full text English Website www.legislation.wa.gov.au References - Legislation Implemented by Equal Opportunity Regulations 1986. Legislation | Australia | 1986 (2004) Keyword: Policy/planning, Gender, Equity, Access-to-justice Source: FAO, FAOLEX