EQUAL TREATMENT BENCHBOOK Supreme Court of Queensland Second Edition Supreme Court of Queensland Supreme Court of Queensland TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: JUSTICE AND EQUALITY .............................................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1 PERCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE .......................................................................................................................... 2 Published in Brisbane by CHAPTER 2: ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY ..................................... 3 Supreme Court ofLibrary Queensland Queensland Library INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Level 12,304 415 George George Street, Street Brisbane, QLD ETHNIC DIVERSITY ........................................................................................................................................ 3 BRISBANE QLD 4000 A Ethnic Diversity in Australia and Queensland .............................................................................................. 3 B Birthplace .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 C Parental Birthplace ................................................................................................................................................. 4 D Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Persons ............................................................................................. 5 RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL DIVERSITY ................................................................................................ 5 A Religious and Spiritual Diversity in Australia and Queensland ............................................................. 5 LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................ 5 A Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Linguistic Diversity.................................................................... 6 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 3: RELIGIONS IN QUEENSLAND ...................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 8 RELIGION IN AUSTRALIA AND QUEENSLAND ...................................................................................... 8 © copyrightCopyright 2005:2016: SupremSupremee CourtCourt ofof QueenslandQueensland A Buddhism ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 All rights, legal and moral, are expressly reserved B Islam ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 ThisC publicationHinduism ................................ is copyright................................. Apart from................................ any use permitted................................ under................................ ... 14 D Judaism ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18 the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................. 20 system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the proper written permission of the publisher. CHAPTER 4: FAMILY DIVERSITY .................................................................................................................... 21 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 21 FORMS OF FAMILY DIVERSITY ............................................................................................................... 21 A Family Structures .................................................................................................................................................. 21 B Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kinship and Family .................................................................. 22 C One-parent Families ............................................................................................................................................. 24 D Same-sex Parent Families .................................................................................................................................. 25 FORMING A FAMILY.................................................................................................................................... 25 A Assisted Reproduction ......................................................................................................................................... 25 B Surrogacy ................................................................................................................................................................. 26 C Adoption .................................................................................................................................................................... 27 THE IMPACT OF FAMILY STRUCTURE AND FORMATION ON WELLBEING ............................. 28 FAMILY CONFLICT AND BREAKDOWN ................................................................................................ 29 ii Equal Treatment Bench Book Equal Treatment Benchbook i Supreme Court of Queensland TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: JUSTICE AND EQUALITY .............................................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1 PERCEPTIONS OF JUSTICE .......................................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 2: ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY ..................................... 3 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 3 ETHNIC DIVERSITY ........................................................................................................................................ 3 A Ethnic Diversity in Australia and Queensland .............................................................................................. 3 B Birthplace .................................................................................................................................................................... 4 C Parental Birthplace ................................................................................................................................................. 4 D Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Persons ............................................................................................. 5 RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL DIVERSITY ................................................................................................ 5 A Religious and Spiritual Diversity in Australia and Queensland ............................................................. 5 LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................ 5 A Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Linguistic Diversity.................................................................... 6 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 3: RELIGIONS IN QUEENSLAND ...................................................................................................... 8 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 8 RELIGION IN AUSTRALIA AND QUEENSLAND ...................................................................................... 8 A Buddhism ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8 B Islam ........................................................................................................................................................................... 11 C Hinduism ................................................................................................................................................................... 14 D Judaism .....................................................................................................................................................................