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All newsNew good practice indicators for employers, and guidelines on confidentiality clauses in settlements
Sex and gender,Employment and workplace
Media Release9 March 2026
First Nations Commissioner calls for community-led solutions to Alice Springs unrest
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Commission welcomes parliament’s codes of conduct and improved workplace safety
Sex and gender
Media Release17 November 2025
Commission launches model for an Australian Human Rights Act
Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Commissioner calls for coordinated response to address spectator racism
Race discrimination,Sport
Media Release16 January 2026
Commission opens registrations for landmark summit of First Nations women
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Dr Ben Gauntlett appointed as Deputy Commissioner to the NACC
Human rights,Commissioners
Media Release19 January 2026
Commission Welcomes Constitutional Alteration Bill
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Deadline extended for no-cost applications to attend landmark First Nations women’s summit
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release11 March 2026
National Children’s Commissioner calls for action after ‘shocking’ research on child maltreatment in Australia
Children and youth rights
Media Release19 January 2026
Commission welcomes banning of spit hoods by AFP
Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release24 February 2026
State AG inaction enables power-of-attorney parasites: Commissioner
Older people’s rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Ageism keeping older people out of the workforce
Older people’s rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Young First Nations women to raise their voices at historic forum
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Landmark Summit to elevate the voices and transform the lives of First Nations women and girls
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release10 April 2026
First Nations women respond to Banksia Hill riots with call for immediate reform to youth justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release10 May 2023
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to ‘design’ their future with new national approach to First Nations gender justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Centenarian portrait exhibition smashes ageism myths
Older people’s rights
Media Release14 September 2026
New multicultural education campaign seeks to reduce elder abuse via later life planning
Older people’s rights
Media Release11 March 2026
Inspection report: Serious human rights concerns in hotel detention
Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release17 November 2025
