Rosemary Hunter

Rosemary Hunter is an Australian academic and former Dean of the Griffith law school.

She is also a feminist who has written books such as "Indirect Discrimination in the Workplace". In this work she argued that many apparently neutral employer policies effectively disadvantage women and people from minority groups. For example, a height requirement for security guards would effectively exclude many women and Asians. [cite book
first=Rosemary
last=Hunter
title=Indirect Discrimination in the Workplace
publisher=The Federation Press
url=http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862870895
isbn = 9781862870895
pages = 360 ]

Hunter was also a vocal supporter of Di Fingleton, during her imprisonment for the offence of intimidation of a witness.cite web
title=Di Fingleton; The Siege of Glenrowan
publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation
date=28 June 2005
url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s1401264.htm
accessdate=2008-04-03 ] Fingleton's conviction was later overturned by the High Court of Australia.

Hunter is also a supporter of affirmative action for women.

Previously, Hunter was a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Melbourne.

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