Granitto v The Catholic Education Office of WA

The case of *Granitto v The Catholic Education Office of WA* concerned a dispute between Ms. Granitto and the Catholic Education Office of WA. Ms. Granitto alleged that she had been unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of her disability by the Catholic Education Office. The matter came before the High Court of Australia.

The High Court was required to determine whether the Catholic Education Office had unlawfully discriminated against Ms. Granitto under the *Disability Discrimination Act 1992* (Cth). Specifically, the court considered whether the actions taken by the Catholic Education Office constituted unlawful discrimination in the provision of services, and whether any such discrimination was rendered unlawful by the Act.

The High Court found that the Catholic Education Office had not engaged in unlawful discrimination. The Court reasoned that the actions taken by the Catholic Education Office were not discriminatory in the sense contemplated by the *Disability Discrimination Act 1992* (Cth). The Court applied the principles of statutory interpretation to the relevant provisions of the Act, concluding that the conduct in question did not meet the threshold for unlawful discrimination. The Court noted that the Act does not impose an obligation on service providers to alter their services in a way that would impose an unjustifiable hardship on the provider.

The High Court dismissed Ms. Granitto's appeal.