This report talks about what we did from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

We follow a law called the Anti‑Discrimination Act 1998 (Tasmania).

We call it the Act.

The Act talks about what people can make complaints about.

Complaints are an important part of our work.

 261  people made a complaint to us.

People can make a complaint about discrimination.

 117 people made a complaint about disability discrimination.

We also got lots of complaints about discrimination based on a person’s:

• race

• gender

• age.

People can make a complaint about sexual harassment.

Sexual harassment is when someone:

• makes you do sexual things you don’t want to do
• does sexual things to you that you don’t want them to do
• asks you to do sexual things you don’t want to do
• says sexual things you don’t want to hear.

 14  people made a complaint about sexual harassment.

People can make a complaint about offensive conduct.

Offensive conduct is when someone says or does something that hurts your feelings.

They do these things because of something you can’t change about yourself.

For example, someone might make rude jokes about your:

• race
• age
• disability
• sexuality.

People told us about offensive conduct
 286  times.

People can make a complaint about inciting hatred.

Inciting hatred is when someone shows how much they hate someone in a public area because of someone’s:

• disability

• gender.

Someone might also show how much they hate someone in a public area because of someone’s:

• race

• religion

• sexuality.

Inciting hatred can be someone who:

• shouts mean things
• puts up mean notices or signs
• makes fun of someone else.

People told us about inciting hatred  92  times.

Most of these complaints were about a person’s:

• race

• disability.

People can make a complaint about victimisation.

Victimisation is when someone treats you badly because you:

• made a complaint
• helped someone else make a complaint about discrimination.

People told us about victimisation  132  times.

People told us discrimination happens the most in places they go:

• to buy things
• to get services
• for work.

We looked at all the complaints.

We worked out  114  complaints matched the Act.

We had meetings with:

• the person who made the complaint
• the person or organisation they made a complaint about.

This helped deal with  69  complaints.

 74  complaints didn’t match what the Act covers.

This meant we couldn’t help those people deal with their complaint.

 41  complaints were sent to the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

We call it the Tribunal.

The Tribunal is like a court.

The Tribunal:

• holds hearings – formal meetings
• makes decisions about complaints.

We can send your complaint to the Tribunal if we think the Tribunal should look at it.

We will tell you if we send your complaint to the Tribunal.

We want to do our best to make sure you can talk to us.

You can talk to us in different ways, such as:

• in person

• on the phone

• on our website.

You can also:

• send us a letter

• send us a text.

You can find our contact details in the Contact us section.

 716  people contacted us for advice.

 257  people told us about their experience of discrimination based on their disability.

 92  people told us about their experience of discrimination based on their race.

We have a form you can use.

It’s called Report it!

You can use Report it! to tell us about your experiences with discrimination.

You don’t have to tell us your name.

You can tell us if you:

• saw discrimination
• experienced discrimination.

You can use the Report it! form online.

www.antidiscrimination.tas.gov.au/
resources/forms/report-it

Or you can:

• print the Report it! form and fill it out

• return the form to the Commissioner.

 90  people filled out the Report it! form.

 42 people told us about their experience of discrimination based on race.

 5  people made a complaint after they used the Report it! form.

During the last year, lots of people wanted to learn about:

• laws about discrimination

• the rights of workers.

Rights are rules about how everyone should be treated fairly.

We held  183  training sessions in places people work.

We held  75  information sessions with the community.

We visited many community groups last year.

We support the idea to make a Human Rights Act for Tasmania.

We have talked to people and groups in the community about how a Human Rights Act can protect people.

The Commissioner can decide if organisations don’t need to follow parts of the Act.

But they must have the right reasons.

We call this an exemption.

An exemption makes discrimination lawful in some places.

You can ask us about exemptions.

An exemption lasts no more than 3 years.

 8  people asked us for an exemption.

The Commissioner said no to  6  exemptions.

Each year we look at policies based on the Act.

We look at how policies connect with discrimination.

We look at what:

• works well
• can be better.