includes the Territories to which this Act extends.

means:

(a) a body (whether incorporated or not) established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, other than a higher education institution;

means any of the following classes of persons:

(a) members of the Aboriginal race of Australia or persons who are descendants of indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands;

means a natural person appointed or engaged:

(a) under a contract of service, whether on a full‐time, part‐time, casual or temporary basis; or

(b) under a contract for services.

includes:

(a) recruitment procedure, and selection criteria, for appointment or engagement of persons as employees;

(b) promotion and transfer of employees;

(c) training and staff development for employees; and

, in relation to an authority, means the day specified in relation to that authority in subsection 5(2).

means outside Australia.

, in relation to a relevant authority, means an equal employment opportunity designed to ensure that appropriate action is taken by the authority:

(a) to eliminate discrimination by it against; and

(b) to promote equal opportunity for;

means an authority that employs 40 or more employees in Australia.

, for a relevant authority, means:

(a) if the regulations prescribe a Minister as responsible for the authority—that Minister; or

(b) otherwise—the Minister responsible for the authority.

means:

(a) an organisation of employees registered pursuant to the

Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904

; or

(b) a trade union within the meaning of a State Act or law of a Territory.

means a member of the female sex irrespective of age.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, refusing or failing to do an act shall be deemed to be the doing of an act and a reference to an act includes a reference to a refusal or failure to do an act.