Anti-discrimination legislation in Australia: Fair, effective, efficient or irrelevant?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-33

  Bennington, Lynne ^a   Wein, Ruth ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Discrimination; Equal opportunities; Legislation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342640131     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720010319435     Document Type: Article

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