Turner v State Transit Authority & anor [2004] NSWADT 89

CITATION: Turner v State Transit Authority & anor [2004] NSWADT 89 DIVISION: Equal Opportunity Division APPLICANT Andrea Turner PARTIES: FIRST RESPONDENT State Transit Authority SECOND RESPONDENT Anthony Bond FILE NUMBER: 031109 HEARING DATES: 11/12/2003 - 12/12/2003 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 12/12/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 05/10/2004

BEFORE: Britton A - Judicial Member; Weule B - Non Judicial Member; Schembri A - Non Judicial Member APPLICATION: Transgender - Goods and Services - Transgender - Vilification - Victimisation - Vilification - Transgender MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter LEGISLATION CITED : Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Births,Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 Borg v Commissioner, Department of Corrective Services & Anor [2003] NSWADT 35 Cleary Bros (Bombo) Pty Ltd v Cvetkovski (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 10 Commissioner of Corrective Services v Aldridge [2000] NSWADTAP 5 Dutt v Central Coast Area Health Service [2002] NSWADT 133 Graham v Director General, Department of Community Services (EOD) [2001] NSWADTAP 4 Harding v Vice Chancellor, University of New South Wales (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 36 Kazak v John Fairfax Publications Ltd [2000] NSWADT 77 CASES CITED: Martin v McKensey (No. 2) [2003] NSWADT 126 Maylor (No. 2) v- Mid North Coast Area Health Service [2001] NSWADT 118 Sivananthan v Commissioner of Police, NSW Police Service [2002] NSWADT 45 Tenzin Dhayakpa v The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1995) 62 FCR 556 Tu v University of Sydney (No. 2) (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 25 Veloskey & Anor v Karagiannakis & Ors (EOD) [2002] NSWADTAP 18 Wagga Wagga Aboriginal Action Group v Eldridge [1995] EOC 92. Waters v Public Transport Corporation (1991) 173 CLR 349 Wilde v University of Sydney (No 2) [2004] NSWADT 16 APPLICANT REPRESENTATION: In person RESPONDENTS K Eastman, barrister ORDERS: 1. The complaint of victimisation is dismissed; 2. The complaint of unlawful discrimination is dismissed; 3. The complaint of transgender vilification is dismissed; 4.The respondent's application for costs is dismissed