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PART B - The Scope of the Anti-Discrimination Act – Response to the Recommendations

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The NSW Anti-Discrimination Act

We support the narrowing of exemptions relating to superannuation funds [Recommendations 61 and 64].

Currently both gay men and lesbians, in particular, are discriminated against at multiple points in their access to superannuation despite making the same contributions as their colleagues. For both lesbians and gay men, as members of same sex couples and parents whose relationships are not recognised under superannuation legislation and by trustees leading to nonpayment of death benefits.

In the specific case of lesbians: