Opinion Pieces
This section contains articles and opinion pieces by the various Commissioners and staff of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Catherine Branson QC - President, Australian Human Rights Commission
- Preventing injustice before it can happen – Let’s bring human rights home
Published in Sydney Morning Herald, 10 December 2008 - Don Dunstan Oration - Opinion piece
Human rights: creating a society we can be proud of
Published in The Advertiser, 28 November 2008
Ms Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Commissioner responsible for Age Discrimination
- Maternity leave scheme is a must
Published in The Sunday Age, 23 November 2008 - Maternity leave is a must
Published in The Courier Mail, 21 November 2008 - The 'burden' that should be a blessing
Published in Australian Financial Review, 1 October 2008 - Small business needs to think big about paid maternity leave
Published in Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June 2008 - Time to Adjust the work-life balance
Published in The Australian, 11 April 2008 - Maternity scheme is overdue
Published in The Age, 8 April 2008 - Time to induce paid maternity leave
Published in The Newcastle Herald, 28 February 2008 -
Profession should be re-engineered to help women reach the top
Published in The Australian, 8 February 2008 - Improper sexual behaviour still rife
Published in The Canberra Times, 6 February 2008 - Let’s not take another quarter century to end sexual harassment
Published in The Advertiser, 11 January 2008 - Flexibility the key to a better work environment
Published in Sydney Morning Herald, 21 Decemeber 2007 - Women's business is everyone's business
Published in the Sydney Morning Herald, 8 October 2007
Mr Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner & Race Discrimination Commissioner
- Implementing Change
Published in ABC's new Indigenous Portal, 24 October 2008 - Australia needs to declare support for Indigenous Peoples in words and actions
Published in Koori Mail, 24 September 2008 - Racial equality re-examined
Published in On Line Opinion on 24 April 2008 & Published in Lawyers Weekly on 9 May 2008 - Overcoming the native title gridlock
Published in the Australian Financial Review, 11 April 2008 - Our first commitment must be to ensure that children and women can live without fear for their safety, 12 December 2007
- Dealing with a national tragedy - failure is not an option
Published in Arena Publications, 15 August 2007 - Reinvigorating multiculturalism is not just an option, it is a necessity for a healthy, functioning democracy.
16 August 2007 - Close the gap in Indigneous and non-Indegenous health
4 April 2007 - Sick lives cut short
Published in Herald Sun, 12 December 2006 - Options for indigenous economic development
Published in The Canberra Times, 11 May 2005
Mr Graeme Innes AM, Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner
- Scrutinising our counter-terrorism laws
Published in On Line Opinion, 06 November 2008 - Delay in same-sex fairness is wrong
Published in The Canberra Times, 20 June 2008 and Gay Destination, 26 June 2008 - Protecting Australian’s rights
Published in On Line Opinion, 28 April 2008 - A question of human rights
Published in The Age, 17 April 2008 - Immigration detention laws need reviewing
Published in The Newcastle Herald, 17 January 2008. - It's hard to argue against equality
Published in On Line Opinion, 1 March 2007
Opinion pieces from previous commissioners
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