OV and anor v QZ and anor (No.2) [2008] NSWADT 115

Set aside by Appeal :

CITATION: OV and anor v QZ and anor (No.2) [2008] NSWADT 115

DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division

APPLICANTS OV and OW

PARTIES: FIRST RESPONDENT QZ

SECOND RESPONDENT Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW)

FILE NUMBER: 041154

HEARING DATES: 30 May - 1 June 2007, 13 August 2007

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 13 August 2007

DATE OF DECISION: 1 April 2008

BEFORE: Britton A - Deputy President; Nemeth de Bikal L - Non Judicial Member; Schneeweiss J - Non Judicial Member

CATCHWORDS: Complaints of discrimination on the grounds of homosexuality and marital status in the area of services

MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Adoption Regulation 2003 Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 LEGISLATION CITED : Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 Interpretation Act 1987 Uniting Church in Australia Act 1977 (NSW)

Adelaide Company of Jehovah's Witnesses Inc v The Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 120 Alexander v Home Office [1998] 2 All En 118 Church of the New Faith v Commissioner of Pay-Roll Tax (Vic) (1983) 154 CLR 120 Director-General, Department of Community Services v MM and Another [2003] NSWSC 1241 Dixon v Anti-Discrimination Commissioner of Qld [2004] QSC 58; (2004) 1 Qd R 33 Hall v Sheiban (1985) ALR 503 CASES CITED: Hazan v Victorian Jewish Board of Deputies [1990] EOC 92-98 Hozack v The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1997) 79 FCR 441 OV v OW v QZ [2006] NSW ADT, 27 September 2006 (unpublished) Purvis v New South Wales (2003) 217 CLR 92 Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Assn v Minister for Transport & ors (No 2) Nuevo v Minister for Transport & ors (No 2) Neira v Minister for Transport & ors (No 2) [2006] NSWADT 260