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Joint Statement: Rights of Children in the NT

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Children and youth rights
Media Release
17 November 2025

Commission welcomes response to Respect@Work Report

Sex and gender
Media Release
17 November 2025
business women and man talking in office

Stop mass incarceration to prevent deaths in custody

Race discrimination,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
23 February 2026

Governments must prioritise raising the age

Children and youth rights,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Legislation
Media Release
11 May 2026

Greater scrutiny of emergency powers needed

Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release
17 November 2025

Travel ban and sanctions on Australians travelling from India

Rights and Freedoms,Business and Human Rights
Media Release
17 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 Release
26 February 2026

Kimberley Aboriginal Women develop regional action plan

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
10 April 2026

Australians Deserve Technology that Protects Human Rights

Technology and data,Annual Reports,Federal Discrimination Law
Media Release
16 January 2026
Aerial view of people walking and gathering on a large paved square marked with a grid of circles and numbers, creating a pattern across the open space. The people are spread out, some in groups, some alone.

Commission urges immediate action on COVID-19 risk to people in immigration detention

Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release
17 November 2025
A person wearing a purple face mask stands outdoors, holding onto vertical metal bars with both hands, gazing through the fence. The background is blurred, indicating a sunny day.

Sharing the Stories of Australian Muslims

Race discrimination
Media Release
17 November 2025
Two women wearing headscarves, one blue with a floral pattern and one olive green, sit side by side on a bench facing the water, with sunlight illuminating them from behind.

Commission releases Progress Update on Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces

Sex and gender
Media Release
17 November 2025
The image shows the front view of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, with a clear blue sky above, a prominent flagpole on top, and a round reflecting pool in the foreground.

Statement on ending offshore processing in PNG

Asylum seekers and refugees
Media Release
17 November 2025

Proposal to raise the age does not go far enough

Children and youth rights
Media Release
9 April 2026

New guidelines to address spectator racism in sport

Race discrimination
Media Release
17 November 2025
Racism. Nobody Wins. Guidelines for addressing spectator racism in sports

Australian and New Zealand Human Rights Commissions and FIFA publish Human Rights Risk Assessment ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™

Business and Human Rights
Media Release
17 November 2025
FIFA football players in action

Children urged to share COVID-19 experiences

Children and youth rights
Media Release
17 November 2025
parent consoling sad child

Commissioner backs calls for no more guns in communities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
17 November 2025

Government action needed to protect children in detention

Children and youth rights,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples,Human rights
Media Release
17 November 2025

Commission urges passage of new Bill to strengthen integrity

Human rights
Media Release
17 November 2025

National day spotlights culture and rights of First Nations children

Children and youth rights,Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
16 January 2026

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