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All newsCommission launches elder abuse awareness campaign
Older people’s rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Anne Hollonds commences as National Children’s Commissioner
Children and youth rights
Media Release24 February 2026
Historical bias in AI systems
Technology and data,Federal Discrimination Law
Media Release16 January 2026
Landmark report - First Nations women and girls
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release9 April 2026
CLOSE THE GAP: We’re waiting but we will not be left wanting
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Close The Gap - Indigenous health
Media Release17 November 2025
Media Statement on alleged attack on First Nations woman
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release17 November 2025
Statement on the Aged Care Royal Commission report
Older people’s rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Statement on Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces
Sex and gender
Media Release17 November 2025
Celebrating First Nations women on IWD
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release10 April 2026
Joint Statement: Rights of Children in the NT
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Children and youth rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Stop mass incarceration to prevent deaths in custody
Race discrimination,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release23 February 2026
Governments must prioritise raising the age
Children and youth rights,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Legislation
Media Release11 May 2026
Greater scrutiny of emergency powers needed
Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Travel ban and sanctions on Australians travelling from India
Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release17 November 2025
Media Statement: Federal Court improves pathways to protection for more than a thousand asylum seekers taken to Ashmore reef
Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release26 February 2026
Kimberley Aboriginal Women develop regional action plan
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release10 April 2026
Australians Deserve Technology that Protects Human Rights
Technology and data,Annual Reports,Federal Discrimination Law
Media Release16 January 2026
