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Removing discrimination would cost 'millions'

Started by LostInTime, June 27, 2007, 07:56:40 AM

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SX 🔗 [Link: evolutionpublishing.com.au/sxnews/news/removing-​discrimination-​would-​cost-​millionsarticleid102312.aspx/]
By Katrina Fox
27/06/2007 5:45:23 PM

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) has called on the Howard government to enact 'omnibus' legislation to simultaneously eliminate discrimination against same-sex couples in the 58 federal laws outlined in its report on same-sex entitlements.
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However, HREOC President, John von Doussa, admitted that the costs of removing current discriminatory laws would not be cheap. "The government hasn't given us a ballpark figure, but it would definitely be millions," von Doussa told SX.
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