WOMEN will be able to breastfeed in restaurants or anywhere in public under new equal opportunity laws to be introduced to Parliament later this month.
They will also prevent discrimination against a person for wearing items such as a crucifix or headscarfs. The changes will be the first to the state's equal opportunity laws for 20 years and will adopt many of the recommendations made by Brian Martin, who is now Northern Territory Chief Justice, in a 1994 report.
The new laws will also prevent discrimination on the basis of potential pregnancy against women seeking employment.
While many restaurants and public institutions now provide areas where women can breastfeed, they can still be asked to leave if other patrons complain.
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