Australia · Racial Discrimination Act 1975

Fair Ad Check

Saw a job ad that screens people by nationality or ethnicity? Record it, check it against the law in plain English, then draft a complaint you lodge yourself.

Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), section 16: “It is unlawful for a person to publish or display, or cause or permit to be published or displayed, an advertisement or notice that indicates, or could reasonably be understood as indicating, an intention to do an act that is unlawful by reason of a provision of this Part.”
1

Record the listing

Copy the details straight from the ad. Everything stays on this device.

Quote it accurately — your draft letter will rely on it.

2

Check it against the law

Four questions to separate a genuine skill requirement from a preference about race or origin.

Save a listing above to start.

3

Draft your complaint or letter

Edit freely, copy or download, then sign and send it in your own name.

Pick a listing in step 2 first.

4

Reported listings

Your own records, ranked by how often you've flagged the same advertiser.

Nothing recorded yet. Save a listing in step 1 and it will show up here.