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All newsWorkplace Sexual Harassment Inquiry - Call for limited waiver of NDAs
Sex and gender
Media Release17 November 2025
Time to act on constitutional recognition
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release27 February 2026
New approach to Closing the Gap Strategy welcomed
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Winners announced - 2018 Human Rights Awards
Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Kimberley Suicide report must be turning point for action
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Reconciliation Australia Barometer shows steady progress, but still work to do
Race discrimination
Media Release17 November 2025
Our Choices, Our Voices: Celebrating Success on National Close the Gap Day
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Media Statement - Draft Terms of Reference for the Disability Royal Commission
Disability rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) funding announcement welcomed
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse and Neglect of People with Disability
Disability rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Our Health, Our Voice, Our Choice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Let’s talk racism: A conversation guide
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Race discrimination
Media Release17 November 2025
Risk management in immigration detention report released
Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release17 November 2025
Hear Us, See Us exhibition launched at UN Human Rights Council
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release9 April 2026
Urgent call for Federal Government to protect 30,000 refugees and asylum seekers at risk in the community
Rights and Freedoms,Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release17 November 2025
Transferring asylum seeker families to Nauru – human rights report
Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release17 November 2025
Commissioners call for compassionate approach for Tamil family
Rights and Freedoms
Media Release17 November 2025
UN calls for national action to protect the rights of children and young people in Australia
Children and youth rights
Media Release17 November 2025
