Tanya Plibersek - the Minister for Housing and the Status of Women, also the Federal Member for Sydney, told me in person that the Rudd Government had eradicated all human rights violations surrounding the treatment of homosexual people in Australia. She was wrong, evidenced by the recent complaint rejection I received from www.humanrights.gov.au, the Australian Federal Government department tasked with handling discrimination complaints.
So I’ve sent Tanya Plibersek an email via the ALP website contact form, here it is:
Hi Tanya,
We met at the most recent Glebe Fair day and we had a great discussion about Same Sex Marriage.
You indicated to me that the Rudd Government has systematically eradicated all human rights issues surrounding homosexuality.
Telstra has launched a campaign where they have advertised their next generation mobile content in an advertisement that is quite discriminatory to homosexual people.
When I’ve tried to complain to humanrights.gov.au about the above-mentioned advertisement, they have advised they can only assist with sexual preference discrimination if it is to do with employment.
This is unacceptable. Sexual preference discrimination should be treated the same as any other kind of discrimination, including gender, age, and ethnicity discrimination.
The reason I’m contacting you is because you told me that these issues had been addressed and eradicated, yet a federal government department that deals with human rights and discrimination is itself, discriminating against homosexual individuals by only accepting sexual preference discrimination complaints if they are to do with employment.
How can we feel as though we are treated the same, if the government department which is responsible for assisting in the eradication of discrimination, discriminates against an entire demographic of people?
Please respond as soon as possible.
For your reference I have attached the response I received from Karen.toohey@humanrights.gov.au.
Best,
Andrew James.
I will post Tanya’s response, as soon as I get it.
If you wish to send Tanya Plibersek a letter, you can do so here :
ALP website contact Tanya Plibersek form
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