Australian Anti-Discrimination Law

Professor Neil Rees is the Chairperson of the Victorian Law Reform Commission. He was previously Professor of Law and Foundation Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Newcastle.
He has been a member of a number of statutory tribunals including the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal, the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal and the Victorian Mental Health Review Board.
Simon Riceis a Professor of Law at the Australian National University, where he is Director of Law Reform and Social Justice. He researches and writes in discrimination, human rights, access to justice and public interest lawyering.
From 1996-2011 he was a part-time judicial member of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal in the Equal Opportunity Division. He is a past President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, and a former Director of the NSW Law Foundation.
In 2002 he was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia for legal services to the socially and economically disadvantaged.
Dr Dominique Allen is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at Deakin University where she teaches Workplace Law and Contract. She completed her doctoral thesis on Australia's anti-discrimination laws at Melbourne Law School and has published widely in this area of law. Her research interests are in anti-discrimination law, equality and human rights.