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Ending workplace discrimination against pregnancy
The Keating cabinet used the 10th anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act to stop employers using pregnancy as a means of discriminating against women workers.
Damien Murphy is a senior writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
The Keating cabinet used the 10th anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act to stop employers using pregnancy as a means of discriminating against women workers.
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