Building Belonging: Our review of Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Act
In May 2021, the Attorney-General asked the Queensland Human Rights Commission to undertake a review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. This review was the first holistic consideration of the Act since its introduction 30 years ago, and provided a valuable opportunity to make sure our law is keeping up to date with the changing needs of our society.
The final report was handed to the Attorney-General on 29 July 2022 and tabled in parliament on 1 September 2022.
In April 2023, the Queensland Government published its response to the Building Belong report, confirming its in-principle support for all recommendations, including to repeal and replace the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 within the current term of government.
The Department of Justice and Attorney-General are now working to implement these recommendations. For more information, visit their website.
Final report and recommendations
Building belonging: Review of Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Act 1991Full report
Summary and recommendations |
By chapter
- Chapter 1: About the Review (PDF File, 2.8 MB)
- Terms of Reference, our approach, and methodology
- Chapter 2: The context for reform (PDF File, 3.0 MB)
- what people told us about their experiences, key issues we identified
- Chapter 3: Laying the foundations (PDF File, 2.8 MB)
- why a new Anti-Discrimination Act is required
- Chapter 4: Refining key concepts (PDF File, 3.2 MB)
- defining discrimination, sexual harassment
- Chapter 5: Improving the complaints system (PDF File, 3.2 MB)
- complaints and hearing processes, increasing access to justice
- Chapter 6: Eliminating discrimination (PDF File, 3.1 MB)
- positive duty, mechanisms to promote compliance
- Chapter 7: Updating protected attributes (PDF File, 3.4 MB)
- grounds of discrimination, current and additional attributes
- Chapter 8: Coverage of the Act (PDF File, 3.2 MB)
- areas of activity, exceptions and exemptions
- Chapter 9: Implementing reforms (PDF File, 2.7 MB)
- awareness and education, resourcing and monitoring reforms
- Appendix A: List of consultations (PDF File, 2.7 MB)
- Appendix B: List of submissions (PDF File, 2.7 MB)