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Practice paper focus areas

• Exam 1 — Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) — structure, key provisions (ss 9, 10, 18C), and enforcement mechanisms; International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) 1965 — Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and special measures under Article 1(4); Australian Human Rights Commission — role, complaint process, conciliation, and limitations in employment discrimination contexts
• Exam 2 — Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) — structure, protected attributes, and complaint mechanisms; Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) — complaint pathway, conciliation, and referral to court; Effectiveness of federal anti-discrimination legislation in addressing age discrimination in recruitment
• Exam 3 — Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) — provisions, protected attributes and enforcement mechanisms; Gender pay equity in Australian workplaces — legislative and regulatory frameworks; Australian Human Rights Commission — role, complaint process and limitations
• Exam 4 — Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) — scope, protected attributes, and coverage grounds; Reasonable adjustment obligations in education and employment under the DDA 1992; Limitations and enforcement gaps in the DDA 1992 unjustifiable hardship defence
• Exam 5 — Asylum seekers and the non-refoulement principle; Refugees Convention 1951 Article 33; Australia offshore processing policy Nauru Manus
• Exam 6 — Prisoners' voting rights and legislative disenfranchisement under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) s 93(8AA) and Electoral Act 1992 (Qld) s 9(5); ICCPR Article 25 — right to participate in public affairs and to vote; Implied freedom of political communication under the Australian Constitution
• Exam 7 — Homeless persons' access to justice in Queensland; Public nuisance offences under the Summary Offences Act 2005 (Qld); Criminalisation of poverty and its human rights implications
• Exam 8 — Freedom of expression and national security under ICCPR Article 19; Australian counter-terrorism legislation and its human rights implications; Implied freedom of political communication (Lange v ABC)
• Exam 9 — Children's rights in the juvenile justice system; Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Australian implementation; Queensland youth detention practices and the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld)
• Exam 10 — Indigenous Australians and the right to self-determination — ICCPR Article 1 and ICERD; International human rights framework: UDHR 1948, ICCPR 1966, ICERD 1966; Australian domestic implementation of international human rights obligations
• Exam 11 — Gender identity protections under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth); Definition and scope of 'gender identity' as a protected attribute in Australian anti-discrimination law; Role of the Australian Human Rights Commission in enforcing sex discrimination protections
• Exam 12 — Australian Human Rights Commission — complaint and conciliation model; Federal anti-discrimination legislation: Racial Discrimination Act 1975, Sex Discrimination Act 1984, Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Age Discrimination Act 2004; Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 and Queensland Human Rights Commission
• Exam 13 — Implied freedom of political communication — Lange v ABC (1997) and AEUFDS test; Data retention laws — Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 (Cth); Right to privacy as a human right — ICCPR Article 17
• Exam 14 — Religious freedom and anti-discrimination law in Australia; Section 116 of the Australian Constitution — freedom of religion; Federal anti-discrimination legislation: Racial Discrimination Act 1975, Sex Discrimination Act 1984, Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Age Discrimination Act 2004
• Exam 15 — Whistleblower protection and freedom of information as human rights issues; Gaps in Australian legislative coverage; Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth)
• Exam 16 — Death penalty and Australia's international human rights obligations; Convention Against Torture (CAT) and its obligations; Diplomatic advocacy in the Indo-Pacific
• Exam 17 — Domestic and family violence as a human rights issue; Australia's obligations under CEDAW and ICCPR; Adequacy of state legislative responses to DFV
• Exam 18 — Nature and sources of human rights — three generations, UDHR 1948, ICCPR 1966, ICESCR 1966; Emerging right to a clean/healthy environment as a third-generation right and its justiciability; Australia's international obligations under ICESCR Article 12, ICCPR Article 6 and the Stockholm/Rio Declarations
• Exam 19 — Access to justice for people with disability in Queensland; Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth); Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld)
• Exam 20 — Counter-terrorism detention powers and the right to liberty and fair trial; ICCPR Articles 9 and 14; Proportionality of Australian security legislation