Speeches and papers
This page provides access to over 120 speeches and papers on disability issues from members (current and past) and senior staff of Australia's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. All major speeches since 2000 are included, as well as a selection of earlier speeches and papers as far back as 1989.
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2008
International Day of People with Disability 2008
Breakfast meeting, High Court of Australia, Canberra, 1 December
Commissioner Graeme Innes
City of Sydney Access Inclusion Plan
Commissioner Graeme Innes
Sydney, 1 December 2008
Employment of people with disability in the Australian Public Service
Commissioner Graeme Innes
Employers Network on Disability forum for Australian Public Service
Canberra, 24 September 2008
Keeping Disability Action Plans on track
Graeme Innes
Victoria statutory authorities workshop
26 August 2008
Going for gold: Implications of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for Australian Law and Social Policy
Graeme Innes
Human Rights Indicators Seminar,
Queensland Advocacy Incorporated
Brisbane
20th August, 2008
Launch of disability strand, Sydney Film Festival
Graeme Innes AM
State Theatre, Sydney
6 June 2008
Special Education Leaders Conference
Graeme Innes AM, Paramatta, 6 June 2008
Towards a National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
Graeme Innes, ACE Annual Disability Employment Network Conference
5 June 2008 Canberra
‘Signing up' – Toward Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Graeme Innes AM, Human Rights Commissioner and Commissioner Responsible for Disability Discrimination
Deafness Forum Conference, Canberra, 24 May 2008.
HREOC's perspectives on Action Plans
Michael Small, Senior Policy Officer HREOC
Municipal Association of Victoria
April 2008
Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Action Plan launch
Graeme Innes,
Melbourne,
28 February 2008
2007
International Day of People with Disabilities Keynote Speech
Parramatta City Council,
3 December 2007
Graeme Innes AM,
Human Rights and Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Ozewai web access initiative presentation
Bruce Maguire, Melbourne, 3 December 2007
Making rights relevant
National Disability Services conference,
Canberra, 28 November 2007, Graeme Innes AM
The UN Convention, the rights of people with disabilities and domestic violence
Diverse and inclusive practice: Redrawing the boundaries
Domestic Violence, Disability and Cultural Safety National Forum
Graeme Innes, Brighton-Le-Sands, NSW, 8 November 2007
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Michael Small, Senior Policy Officer, HREOC
Physical Disability Council of Australia forum, Hobart , 24.10.2007
NOT HAPPY JAN :
Speech for Epilepsy Action AGM
Graeme Innes AM,
15 October 2007
Education and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Des English Memorial Lecture
Australian Association of Special Education Annual Conference Graeme Innes, Coogee 28 September 2007
Access to the arts: Being Discriminating rather than Discriminatory
Presentation to Arts Activated Conference,
September 26 2007
Graeme Innes AM
Accessible Procurement: A Market Driven Approach Which Benefits All Australians
Institute of Public Administration Australia,
Graeme Innes, Perth , 20 September 2007
Deafness Forum Captioning Awards - Presentation of award for Free to air TV
Graeme Innes,
Sydney, August 23 2007
Towards ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Graeme Innes, Parliament House, Hobart, 20 August 2007
Getting it right - a baker's dozen
Building a sustainable future - the Australian Way NSW AIBS State Conference 20 July 2007
Michael Small, Senior Policy Officer, HREOC
Reasonable adjustment
Notes for presentation to Employers Network on Disabiilty seminar, Sydney, July 17 2007
David Mason, Director, Disability Rights policy HREOC
National Local Roads and Transport Congress
Graeme Innes AM, Newcastle 10 July
Presentation to TEDICORE Think Tank on Accessible Mobile Telecommunications
Bruce Maguire, Policy Officer, HREOC, Melbourne, May 21, 2007
NSW DET Teacher Consultants Conference Keynote
Graeme Innes, Sydney, 17 May 2007
Deafness forum presentation to Princess Alexandra Hospital
Graeme Innes, Brisbane, 20 March 2007
Spinning an Accessble Web
Graeme Innes, Presentation to E-Accessibility Forum,
Adelaide,
6 March 2007
2006
Launch of Westpac accessibility action plan
Graeme Innes, Sydney, 11 December 2006
Disability and information technology
Engaging Canadian and Australian Information Technology Companies in Inclusion & Accessibility
Sydney 4 December 2006 Commissioner Graeme Innes
Housing, Human Rights and Sustainability
Australian Network for Universal housing Design forum
Commissioner Graeme Innes,
Sydney 8 November 2006
Australian Association of the Deaf national conference
Commissioner Innes, Adelaide, 3 November 2006
The disability standards for accessible public transport: where are we?
Bus Industry Confederation conference, Canberra, 31 October 2006
Commissioner Innes
Pathways to employment
NSW Council for Intellectual Disability / NSW Council of Social Service
Commissioner Innes, 18 September 2006,
Sydney
Queensland Taxi Council forum
Commissioner Innes, 12 September, Toowoomba
Sydney City access forum
Commissioner Innes, 6 September 2006, Sydney
Occupational health and safety and HREOC's National Inquiry on employment and disability
Discrimination Alert & Occupational Health News Conference, Sydney,
1 September 2006
Australian Institute of Building Surveyors Conference - Earth, wind, fire and water - engaging the elements
Michael Small, Senior Policy Officer, HREOC, Sydney 25 July 2006
Hot Topics in Disability Discrimination Law: Employment and Disability
David Mason,
Director Disability Rights policy HREOC, Sydney , 21 June 2006
Advancing human rights of children and young people with disabilities
ACROD NSW Sub-committee on Children, Young People and their Families
Graeme Innes, Sydney, 5 June 2006
Roundtable on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities
Graeme Innes, Brisbane, 22 May 2006
National Deafness Sector Summit
Graeme Innes, Perth, 20 May 2006
Adaptable Departments - disability action plans and what makes them work:
A DACV, EOCV, HREOC forum:
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, 17 May 2006
Graeme Innes
Launch of Accessible events -- a guide for organisers
Gold Coast Convention Centre, 27 April 2006
Graeme Innes
2006: an opportunity not to be missed?
Opinion piece on building access by Graeme Innes, Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner
2005
Briefing on education standards
2 December 2005, University of NSW
Bruce Maguire, policy officer, HREOC
Providing Access to All : Kuringai Municipal Council - Launch of new access policy and DDA action plan
2 December 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Human Rights Commissioner and
Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Opportunity knocks: Workers with a disability
University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba,
24 November 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Deafness forum of Australian 2005 Captioning Awards
North Ryde 12 November 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Round table on Disability Action Plans with State Government Departments
Hobart,
Thursday November 3 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Launch: Not for Service
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, October 19
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM , Human Rights Commissioner
ABCB Conference 'Building Australia's Future'
Adelaide, 13 September 2005
Graeme Innes AM,
Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner
3rd National Conference on Human Rights and Mental Health
Thursday 8 September,
Parliament House Canberra
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Opportunity Knocks:Workers with a Disability
Diversity Council Australia
20th Anniversary Celebrations:
Inaugural Diversity Conference
Wednesday 7 September, Sydney
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner (speaking notes)
Focusing on futures: employment and disability
Macarthur Disability Services Annual PSO, ATLAS & Day Services State Conference, Tuesday 6 September 2005, Sydney
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Advancing equality in education and beyond
Eastern Metropolitan Region Student Disability Conference,
1 September 2005, Melbourne
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Mental Health, Social Inclusion and Citizenship Awards
Mental Health, Social Inclusion and Citizenship Conference, Adelaide , 31 August 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Rights Commissioner
Setting an Agenda for Disability and Tourism Research
Presentation to a workshop on accessible tourism
Michael Small, Senior Policy Officer, 12 July 2005
National Inquiry into Disability and Employment
Presentation to the DEWR Employer Roundtable,
Melbourne, 13 July 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Mental health and human rights in regional Australia in 2005
Small Towns Conference,
Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities La Trobe University , Bendigo 11 July 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Human Rights Commissioner and
Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
People with Disabilities and productive diversity in the Australian Public Service
Australian Public Service Commission one-day diversity conference,
Brisbane, 8 June 2005.
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Mental Health and Human Rights; the state of play in 2005
Comprehensive Area Psychiatrists Special Interest Group, Rozelle
Dr
Association for the Welfare of Child Health (AWCH) 2005 Conference, Parramatta Carlton Hotel 28-29 April 2005
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Meeting with Deafness Forum of Australia
Commissioner Ozdowski, Lawson NSW 30 April 2005
Software Accessibility: It's Everybody's Business
Presentation to Australian Taxation Office Software Development Group, Sydney, April 7 2005
Bruce Maguire, Policy Officer HREOC
Employment inquiry: initial forum
Opening remarks by Commissioner Ozdowski,
Sydney 31 March 2005 : see also inquiry index page
2004
Presentation to accessible arts workshop
Sydney Opera House, 10 December 2004,
Bruce Maguire, Policy Officer, HREOC
Missed business
Launch of HREOC/Marrickville Council guide, Marrickville, 29 October 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
The draft United Nations Convention on human rights and disability
Annual General Meeting of People with Disability Australia, Sydney, 27 November 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Workshop on employment issues
ACROD national convention, Brighton (Sydney), 24 November 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Risky business? Occupational health and safety
and the Disability Discrimination Act
Employers Making a Difference seminar, Sydney, 27 October 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Disability Discrimination Developments
Australian Industry Group National PIR (Personnel and Industrial Relations) Conference Canberra, 26 October 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Mental Health Reform in South Australia
Press Conference convened by Australian Nurses Federation 19 October 2004
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Pokemons in the Amazon Jungle: Web Accessibility,
Disability Discrimination, and the WOW Factor
Presentation to Web Essentials 2004 Conference, September 30, 2004
Bruce Maguire, Policy Officer, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Launch of Western Australian government
Accessing Abilities strategy
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Perth,
15 September 2004
Disability Enterprises annual meeting
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Leura
NSW, 30 July 2004
Mental Health Council of Australia Annual
Board Dinner
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Sydney,
17 June 2004
Disability action plans
Employers Making a Difference Breakfast Briefing, Sydney 8 June 2004
Michael Small , Senior Policy Officer, HREOC
Forum on health access for people with
disabilities
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Sydney,
28 May 2004
Meeting with National Disability Advisory
Council
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Canberra,
21 May 2004
Roundtable on information access for
people with print disabilities
Bruce Maguire, Policy officer, HREOC
Opening of workshop on
draft international Convention on disability and human rights
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Canberra,
25 March 2004
Presentation to Productivity Commission DDA
review hearing
Graeme Innes, Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Brisbane,
1 March 2004
2003
Release of third progress report on
South Australia's Promoting Independence strategy
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Adelaide,
3 December 2003
Setting the scene: HREOC telecommunications
forum
Parliament House Canberra, 28 November 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner; see
also opening
address by Attorney-General
National
Mental Health Strategy - Future Challenges Meeting Broader Community Need
Keynote address delivered by the the Hon John von Doussa QC, President,
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Mental Health Foundation of Australia Annual Conference, University of
Melbourne, 27th November 2003.
Opening of Australian Electoral Commission
workshop
14 November 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Launch of Bus Industry Confederation accessibility
guidelines
Parliament House Canberra 5 November 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Copyright v Human Rights: Balancing
the rights of authors and the interests of people with print disabilities
Presentation to Australian Blindness Forum, 3 October 2003
Graeme Innes, Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Preparations for the Olympics and Paralympics
and inclusion of people with disabilities: the Australian experience
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
Australia
Recognition matters: Human rights and the
rights of carers
Carers Australia national conference, 18 September 2003, Canberra
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Opening the doors to employment of more people
with a disability
ACROD Employment Forum
Sydney Olympic Park 31 July 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
How local government can address issues
of disability
Workshop session, National Local Government Community Services Conference
- Just and Vibrant Communities
Townsville 29 July 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Local Government - gatekeepers to a
more accessible community
National Local Government Community Services Conference - Just and
Vibrant Communities
Townsville 28 July 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Building Regulation and access - an Australian view
Michael Small, Senior Policy Officer, HREOC
Paper prepared July 2003 for UK Centre for Accessible Environments
Notes for presentation to Productivity Commission
hearing
Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes, Sydney 14 July 2003
Paper presented to national conference
on young people in nursing homes
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Melbourne 17 June 2003
Promoting the rights of people with disabilities:
Towards a new United Nations Convention
International Workshop for National Human Rights Institutions from the
Commonwealth and Asia-Pacific Region
New Delhi, 26-29 May 2003
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Telstra/ Diversity at Work forum
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
16 May 2003
Presentation to Round Table on Information
Access For People with Print Disabilities Inc.
Annual Conference, April 27, 2003
Bruce Maguire, Policy/Project Officer, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission
Deafness Forum Hearing Access Seminar
Bruce Maguire, Policy/project offier, HREOC,
April 14, 2003
Presentation to Web Content and Performance
Management Conference
Bruce Maguire, Policy Officer, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission,
March 25, 2003
Launch of Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
disability action plan
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
Melbourne 14 March 2003
Speech given by Bruce Maguire, March 3, 2003, Sydney
Launch of "Dont judge what I can
do by what you think I can't"
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
March 2003
Enabling access: launch of disability
awareness resources for local government
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Salisbury, S.A., 19 February 2003
2002
DDA tenth anniversary award
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Human rights awards ceremony, Sydney, 10 December 2002
The DDA and its impact in education
Graeme Innes AM, Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Pathways
Conference, Sydney, 1 December 2002
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Melbourne, 28 November 2002
Presentation of Municipal Association of Victoria
access awards
Graeme Innes AM, Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Melbourne
22 November 2002
Disability and human rights
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
NSW Local Government and Shires Association Conference: Without Prejudice,
Ryde, 14 November 2002
Seminar on equal opportunity in higher education
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
University of Southern Queensland, 12 November 2002
Deafness Forum of Australia annual
general meeting
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Sydney, 19 October 2002
Human rights and people with intellectual
disabilities: where to from here?
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Inclusion International congress, Melbourne, 24 September 2002
DDA Standards and Regulation Impact Statements:
Context and Process
Graeme Innes AM, Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Disability Studies and Research Institute seminar, 19 July 2002
6th national deafblind conference
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
Sydney 12 July 2002
Launch of Workcover South Australia Disability
Action Plan
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
Adelaide, 4 July 2002
Launch of "disparity":
a journal of policy, practice and argument
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
22 May 2002
Launch of banking industry accessibility
standards
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
15 April 2002
Presentation to the NSW Subcommittee of
the Australian Braille Authority
Bruce Maguire, Policy Officer, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission,
11 April 2002
Disability discrimination legislation
in Australia from an international human rights perspective: History,
achievements and prospects
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Social Relations of Disability Network seminar, University of NSW, 8 April
2002
Presentation of certificate of recognition to National
Australia Bank
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Melbourne, 19 February 2002
2001
Opening of HREOC summit for peak disability
organisations
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Sydney, 4 December 2001. Other papers
from this summit are also available.
International day for people with disabilities
2001
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Alice Springs, 3 December 2001
Equal employment opportunity for people
with disabilities: how to move from the theoretical to the actual
Equal Opportunity Practitioners in Higher Education Australasia, 30 November
2001
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Acting locally against disability discrimination
Presentation of Certificate of Recognition, Barossa Council, 29 October
2001
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
The Human Rights of Mentally Ill People:the
HREOC inquiry and after
Mental Health, Criminal Justice and Corrections conference, Marrickville,
19 October 2001
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability
Discrimination Commissioner
An ABC for all Australians: launch of disability
awareness resources
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
9 August 2001
Launch of Westpac Action Plan
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
(24 July 2001)
Rights
into reality: information access for people with disabilities
(May 2001)
David Mason, Director, Disability Rights policy, HREOC: paper for Australian
Library and Information Association
DDA transport standards: HREOC's role
Graeme Innes A.M., Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Bus Industry Confederation conference, Perth, April 2001
A DDA Standard: What is fair?
Graeme Innes A.M., Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Building Tomorrow's Future: Australian Building Codes Board Conference
11 April 2001
Launch of Captioned Movies
Dr Sev Ozdowski O.A.M., Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
Sydney, 9 April 2001
Workshop on effective use of the DDA
David Mason, Director, Disability Rights policy, HREOC
Disability With Attitude conference, University of Western Sydney, 17
February 2001
2000
The DDA and education seven years on
Graeme Innes A.M.,
Pathways Conference, Canberra December 2000
Victorian launch of the Companion Card
Susan Halliday, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, 6 December
2000
The
Role of Public Inquiries and Exemption Powers in eliminating disability
discrimination
Graeme Innes A.M., Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Constructing law and disability conference, Australian National University,
4 December 2000
Achieving equal access to telecommunications
Paper for Consumer Telecommunications Network conference, Sydney, November
2000
David Mason, Director, Disability Rights policy, HREOC
The elimination of disability discrimination
Address
by Graeme Innes A.M., Physical Disability Council of Australia
conference, 20 November 2000
Women with Disabilities: Doubly disadvantaged
World Blind Union Women's Forum, 17 November 2000
Susan Halliday, Sex Discrimination Commissioner and Acting Disability
Discrimination Commissioner
Disability discrimination and insurance
Address by Graeme Innes A.M., Australian Life Underwriters and Claims
Association conference, 5 November 2000
Launch of the Commonwealth Disability Strategy
Transcript of remarks made by Graeme Innes A.M. at the launch of the revised
Commonwealth Disability Strategy
Parliament House, Canberra, 5 October 2000
Launch
of Telstra second Action Plan and catalogue for people with disabilities
and older people
Susan Halliday, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, 16
August 2000
Is
there a slow lane on the information superhighway?
Paper delivered by Professor Alice Tay A.M., HREOC President, to Fulbright
symposium, Perth
Access
to Electronic Commerce For Older Australians And People With A Disability
Address
by Graeme Innes A.M. to the Conference of the Roundtable For People With
A Print Disability: 22 May 2000
Initiatives
to achieve better access to the built environment
Address by Graeme Innes A.M. to the Queensland Division of the Property
Council of Australia: 11 May 2000
Equality
by degrees: a place on the platform
Graeme Innes A.M., Graduation
address, Sydney University, 13 April 2000
1999
Don t
call me `brave !
Susan Halliday, International Day of People with Disabilities,
3 December 1999
Foresight
not oversight
Address delivered by Susan Halliday, receiving the Cable and Wireless
Optus Disability Action Plan, 3 December 1999
The
Telstra Big Print Bill
Susan Halliday, 2 December 1999
Blind
Citizens Australia 1999 conference keynote address
Graeme
Innes A.M., 15 October 1999.
Dimensions
of diversity in Australian civil society
Address delivered by Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner, Acting
Disability Discrimination Commissioner 1997-99,
Launch of City of Greater
Dandenong Diversity Action Plan, 31 August 1999
1998
Disability
images and human reality
Paper presented by Chris Sidoti to ABC staff, 1998
The
Disability Discrimination Act and the continuing battle for equal rights
for people with a disability
Address delivered by Chris Sidoti, ACROD Convention, 27
November1998.
World
Mental Health Day address
Chris
Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination
Commissioner
Australian Psychiatric Disability Coalition National Forum,
Canberra, October 10 1998
The
DDA and employment of people with a disability
Address delivered by Chris Sidoti, South Australian Employment Placement
Association breakfast meeting, 26 September 1998
Getting
there
8th International Conference on Mobility and
Transport for Elderly and Disabled People,
Perth, 21 September 1998
Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination
Commissioner
1997
FounDDAtions
Reflections published by the
late Elizabeth Hastings, Disability Discrimination Commissioner 1993-97,
at the end of her term in December 1997
The
right to belong - disability discrimination law in education
Speech by Elizabeth Hastings, Sydney, July 1997
Assumption,
Expectation And Discrimination
Elizabeth Hastings on gender issues in education for girls with a disability
Understanding Disability Discrimination
in Insurance
Life, Investment & Superannuation Association of Australia summit, Canberra, 23 May 1997
Speech given by Elizabeth Hastings,
Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Human Rights and Mental Illness
"Mental Health for All: What's the Vision?" A National
Conference on Mental Health Services, Policy and Law Reform into the Twenty
First Century,
Newcastle, 13-14 February 1997
Chris Sidoti, Human Rights Commissioner
1996
1996
Kenneth Jenkins Oration
ACROD National Convention, Perth, 15 November 1996
Sir Ronald Wilson A.C., President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission [1990-1997]
Access
on the agenda: No longer an afterthought
Paper delivered at the Creating Accessible Communities
Conference, Fremantle, 12 November 1996
Elizabeth Hastings, Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Transition
Speech to young women on growing up with a disability by
Elizabeth Hastings, Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Pre 1996
Disability discrimination, standards, and occupational health and safety
Council for Equal Employment Opportunity in Employment employer briefing,
22 August 1995
Elizabeth Hastings,
Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Finding
your own shape
Speech to young women on growing
up with a disability
Elizabeth Hastings, Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Paper given to Disability Discrimination Act Legal Advocacy Services workshop, 25 November 1994
David Mason, Senior Policy Officer, HREOC
Human rights and mental illness
Launch of report of national inquiry into the human rights of people with
a mental illness, 1993
Brian Burdekin A.O., Human Rights Commissioner
Human rights and disability: Position
paper on needs and options for additional protection (MS Word
zipped)
Brian Burdekin A.O., Human Rights Commissioner (1991)
"The human rights of Australians with
Disabilities: A challenge for government"
1989 Kenneth Jenkins Oration
Brian Burdekin A.O., Human Rights Commissioner
[1986-94]