Disability: Ethics & Law

Legislation

Aged Care Act 1997 - Commonwealth
Carer Recognition Act 2010 - Commonweatlh
Carers Recognition Act 2004 - WA
Children and Community Services Act 2004 - WA
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Disability Services and Inclusion act 2023
Disability Services Act 1993 - WA
Equal Opportunity Act 1984 - WA
Euthanasia Laws Act 1997
Fair Work Act 2009 - Commonwealth
Freedom of Information Act 1982
Home and Community Care Act 1985
Privacy Act 1988 - Commonwealth
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Sex Discrimination Act 1984 - Commonwealth
Work Health and Safety Act 2020 - WA

Library Resources

Human rights and civil liberties

Standards, Regulations and Guidelines etc.

A brief guide to the Disability Discrimination Act
Code of Conduct for Disability Workers - VIC
Disability Access and Inclusion Plans
Disability Standards Australia
National Framework for Reducing and Eliminating the Use of Restrictive Practices in the Disability Service Sector
National Standards for Disability Services
Privacy Principles Guidelines
Quality of Care Principles 2014
Work Health and Safety (General) Regulations 2022 - WA

Industrial Relations

Aged Care Award 2010
Australian Human Rights Commission
Code of Practice - Working Hours
Fair Work Commission
Fair Work Regulations 2009
National Employment Standards
Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010

Human and Civil Rights

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Australian Human Rights Commission - Disability Rights
Community Guide to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Consumer Rights
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
United Nations Principles for Older Persons
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Abuse and Mandatory Reporting

1800 Respect - Mandatory Reporting Requirements
DPOA - Factsheet: Violence and Abuse Against Persons with Disability
Preventing and responding to abuse, neglect and exploitation - QLD
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Zero Tolerance

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