Patten -V- State Of New South Wales [1997] NSWEOT

Equal Opportunity Tribunal of New South Wales

CITATION: Patten -V- State Of New South Wales [1997] NSWEOT

COMPLAINANT: Mr Wesley Patten

RESPONDENT: State of New South Wales

NUMBER: 90 - 91 of 1995

Mr Michael Biddulph ( Judicial Member ) TRIBUNAL: Ms Merilyn Alt Mr Owen McDonald

GROUNDS OF COMPLAINT: Racial vilification and discrimination on the ground of race in the provision of goods and services

DATES OF HEARING: 01/21/1997 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 01/21/1997

Complainant: Mr Stephen Friend

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES: Respondent: Ms Lucy McCallum Ms Gillian Fuller

JUDGMENT IN FAVOUR OF:

On 17 June 1996 the judicial member directed that pursuant to Section 97 of the Act complaints numbered 90 and 91 of 1995 be the subject of a single inquiry.

On 10 March 1992 the Complainant lodged a written complaint to the Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW alleging that he had been racially vilified by the Respondents. The Board attempted to resolve this complaint through conciliation, without success, and referred the complaint to this Tribunal pursuant to Section 94(1)(c) of the Act.

On 19 March 1992 the Complainant made written complaints to the Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW alleging discrimination on the grounds of race in relation to the provision of goods and services. The Board attempted to resolve the complaint through conciliation, without success, and referred the complaint to this Tribunal pursuant to Section 94(1)(c) of the

Details of complaint pursuant to Section 20C of the Act relating to racial vilification A summary of this complaint indicates that the Complainant was at all material times a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.