ON 1 JULY 1998, the substantive provisions of the Commonwealth Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 commenced. The Act was initially called the Commonwealth Employees’ Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sraca1988368/
Sydney, Australia
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ON 22 MAY 1986, the Commonwealth Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 commenced.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/vea1986261
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ON 1 AUGUST 1984, the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act 1984 commenced.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/sda1984209/
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ON 25 JUNE 1984, the Commonwealth Insurance Contracts Act 1984 was enacted.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ica1984220/
The Act introduced a range of measures to promote good faith and fairness in contractual dealings between insurers and their insured.
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ON 1 DECEMBER 1983, the NSW Community Justice Centres Act 1983 commenced.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/cjca1983302
Sydney, Australia
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ON THIS DAY in 1982, random breath testing was introduced into NSW through the commencement of the substantive parts of the Motor Traffic (Road Safety) Amendment Act 1982.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/num_act/mtsaa1982n123364
ON 21 DECEMBER 1979, the NSW Parliament enacted the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/epaaa1979389/notes.html
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/poteoa1997455
Sydney, Australia
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ON THIS DAY in 1978, the High Court of Australia delivered Dugan v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1978] HCA 54; (1978) 142 CLR 583 (19 December 1978).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1978/54.html
The court held that Dugan, who was serving a commuted death sentence, was prevented by the English law of attainder to sue the Daily Telegraph for defamation. Under the law of attainder a capital felon, whilst serving a commuted sentence, cannot maintain an action in New South Wales for a civil wrong until he or she completes the sentence or receives a pardon.
Sydney, Australia
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ON 28 APRIL 1977, the NSW Parliament enacted the Anti Discrimination Act 1977.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/aa1977204
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ON THIS DAY in 1976, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia enacted the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/alrta1976444
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