You can help create a more inclusive NSW, with the the NSW Law Reform Commission (NSWLRC) inviting feedback as part of its review of the Anti-Discrimination Act (ADA).
The NSWLRC has released a consultation paper, focusing on conduct banned by the ADA, including discrimination, vilification, sexual harassment and victimisation.
The paper explains the ADA and outlines some concerns and ideas the NSWLRC has heard from the community and in its research.
To help diverse communities to give feedback the NSWLRC has also produced:
- a community summary, which provides a more concise and less technical summary of the consultation paper, and
- an Easy Read consultation paper.
These set out key issues about the ADA, including:
- what conduct should be unlawful and when
- who should be protected
- who should be held responsible
- when exceptions are appropriate, and
- whether the ADA should do more to promote substantive equality.
There are three ways to have your say:
- respond to the NSWLRC’s community survey
- make a submission in response to the issues and questions raised in the consultation paper, or
- answer the questions in the Easy Read consultation paper.
Advocates and people with lived experience of discrimination or other unlawful treatment are encouraged to provide feedback. This includes people with disability.
Feedback will help the NSWLRC develop recommendations for the NSW Government.
For more information and to have your say, visit the NSWLRC website.
Submissions close on 15 August 2025.