Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992 - SECT 3

                   The objects of this Act are:

                     (a)  to eliminate, as far as possible, discrimination against persons on the ground of disability in the areas of:

                              (i)  work, accommodation, education, access to premises, clubs and sport; and

                             (ii)  the provision of goods, facilities, services and land; and

                            (iii)  existing laws; and

                            (iv)  the administration of Commonwealth laws and programs; and

                     (b)  to ensure, as far as practicable, that persons with disabilities have the same rights to equality before the law as the rest of the community; and

                     (c)  to promote recognition and acceptance within the community of the principle that persons with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as the rest of the community.