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Would-be Canberra car salesman wins $46k after tribunal finds he was discriminated against over road rage offences
A Canberra man has successfully sued the ACT Government for more than $46,000 after he was refused a car sales licence because of two prior road rage convictions.
Key points:
- A disputes tribunal found the ACT Government had discriminated against the man
- The man successfully argued his two criminal convictions were “irrelevant” in his application to sell cars
- The tribunal ruled that the Discrimination Act prevented a person’s criminal history from “hounding” them for life or keeping them out of employment
Last week the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) found the ACT Commissioner for Fair Trading had discriminated against the man when they rejected his application for a motor vehicles sales licence in 2018.
The would-be car salesman…
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