Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

There are existing exemptions to the Age Discrimination Act, but you cannot advertise saying that you prefer someone in a way that would displace an existing person who, based on their age, was not inside the hiring credit. That would be quite wrong. There are exemptions to the discrimination legislation, which have long been there, which do permit employers to target prospective employees who fit within a Commonwealth employment program. So that is an exemption, but you cannot advertise for someone to receive the hiring credit in a way that would displace an existing employee. You cannot do that.

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