The Right person for the job

Excerpts from a seminar held on equal rights legislation held at Trinity College, Melbourne University, are interspersed with dramatisations of problems which women face in the workforce. Shows the role of the conciliation officer and the hearing of a discrimination case by the Equal Opportunity Board

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Credits

production company

Vistascope Productions

Duration

00:22:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015504

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination in employment

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Employment

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1985