Association with a child covers situations where [Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (SA) s 85T(5)]: a person is breastfeeding or bottle feeding (or proposes to do so) a person is with a relative or friend who is breastfeeding or bottlefeeding (or with ...

This occurs where a person is treated unfavourably because they have a responsibility to provide care for a family member, such as a dependent child or a frail elderly parent. This discrimination also occurs when people are treated unfavourably because ...

This occurs where a woman is treated unfavourably because she is pregnant, or because she might become pregnant. It includes unfavourable treatment based on a belief about pregnant women in general, for example, that pregnant women are not interested in ...

This occurs where a person is treated less favourably in public life because of who their spouse is. An example would be where a trader refuses to serve a man in a shop because his wife is a politician whom ...

Marital or domestic partnership status discrimination occurs where a person is treated unfavourably in public life because they are married or single, divorced, living in a de facto relationship or living with a same-sex partner, or because of characteristics that ...

This covers all types of disability, including illness, injury, physical restrictions, mental illness, intellectual disability, having an infection (such as HIV or Hepatitis C), being at risk of developing a disability in future (such as carrying a particular gene) or having had ...

Age discrimination occurs when people are treated unfavourably because of their age, or because of assumptions made about people of that age. Common examples of age discrimination include preferring to hire younger over older workers regardless of competence, refusing to ...

Grounds to making discrimination complaints Whether a person has grounds to make a discrimination complaint, depends on several questions: Is the discrimination of a type that is prohibited by law? Did the discrimination occur in an area covered by the law? Does the conduct ...

Due to the nature of their work, journalists and media organisations may find themselves subject to defamation proceedings, in which case the principles contained in the Defamation Act 2005 (SA) apply, see Defamation. There are however, a number of other relevant laws that specifically relate ...

Under South Australian criminal law there is also an offence of Criminal defamation. Section 257(1) of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) provides that: A person who, without lawful excuse, publishes defamatory matter concerning another living person— (a) knowing the matter to ...