Perera v Director-General, Department of Education and Communities (Office of Communities) [2012] NSWADT 108

Administrative Decisions Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Perera v Director-General, Department of Education and Communities (Office of Communities) [2012] NSWADT 108 Hearing dates: 28 November 2011 Decision date: 01 June 2012 Jurisdiction: Equal Opportunity Division Before: J Wakefield, Judicial Member Decision: That the Complaint be dismissed pursuant to s.102 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Catchwords: DISCRIMINATION - on grounds of age - application to dismiss claim - lacking in substance Legislation Cited: Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 Cases Cited: AEQ v. Department of Education & Communities [2011] NSWADT 194 Assal v. Department of Health, Housing & Community Service (1992) EOC 92-409 Australian Iron & Steel Pty Ltd v. Banovic (1989) 169 CLR 165 Bassili v. Star City Pty Ltd [2008] NSWADT 62 Bradley v. State of New South Wales [2002] NSW ADT 11 Chi v. Technical & Further Education Commission (No 3) [2009] NSWADT 271 Chi v. Technical & Further Education Division (EOD) [2010] NSWADTAP 67 Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Service v. Orr [2001] NSWADTAP 16 Commissioner of Corrective Services v. Aldridge [2000] NSWADTAP 5 Dutt v. Central Coast Area Health Service [2002] NSWADT 133 Ebber v. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (1995) 129 ALR 455 Fricke v. Corbett Research P/L [2004] NSW ADT 128 General Steel Industries Inc v. Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 Griffin v. Commissioner of Police, NSW Police & Anor [2005] NSW ADT 92 Harding v. Vice Chancellor, University of NSW [2003] NSW ADT 74 Heber v. Glen Henney & Son Pty Limited (No 2) [2007] NSWADT 230 Hillman v. Bankstown District Sports Club Ltd (No 2) [2007] NSWADT 179 Hurst v. Star City Pty Ltd [2009] NSWADT 65 Karekar v. TAFE Commission of NSW [2000] NSWADT 187 Legal Services Commissioner v. Ball [2001] NSWADT 86 Lunn v. Storm Retirement Village (EOD) [2003] NSW ADTAP 62 Margan v. University of Technology, Sydney (EOD) [2003] NSWADTAP 65 McGlade v. Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [2000] FCA 1477 Mohamed & Ors v. State of NSW (NSW Police Force) [2009] NSWADT 51 Nagasinghe v. Worthington (1994) 53 FCR 175 Nicholls & Nicholls v. Director General, Department of Education & Training (No 2) [2009] NSW ADTAP 20 O'Sullivan v. Pehm [2010] NSWADT 57 O'Sullivan v. NSW Medical Board [2010] NSWADT 75 Paramasivam v. Vice Chancellor, University of New South Wales [2003] NSWADTAP 2 Prakash v. Bob Borg Enterprises Pty Ltd [1999] NSWADT 73 Purvis v. State of New South Wales [2003] HCA 62; (2003) 217 CLR 92 Rae v. Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force (No 2) [2010] NSWADT 36 Rana v. Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission [1999] FCA 264 Revel v. Plastral Fidence Pty Ltd [1999] NSWADT 18 Rocky Point Pty Limited v. Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2010] NSWADT 19 Robertson v. Wentworth Area Health Service [2004] NSW ADT 274 Salama v. Qantas Airways Ltd [2002] NSWADT 119 State Electricity Commissioner of Victoria v. Rabel [1998] 1 VR 102 Tredinnick v. Wentworth Area Health Service [2000] NSW ADT 172 Star City Pty Limited v. Hurst (EOD) [2009] NSW ADTAP 35 Category: Principal judgment Parties: A A Cyril Perera (Applicant) New South Wales Department of Education and Communities (Office of Communities) (Respondent) Representation: Counsel E Brus (Respondent) A A Cyril Perera (Applicant - in Person) Department of Education and Communities (Office of Communities) (Respondent) File Number(s): 111041