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Native Title Reform - Where should we go from here?

Launch of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s special issue of Reform 93 on ‘Native Title’ and inaugural Reconciliation Action Plan Tranby Aboriginal College, 13 Mansfield street, Glebe NSW

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Commission – General

2011 Media releases

An index of Australian Human Rights Commission Media Releases published in 2011 is available below. For further information, please contact the Public Affairs Unit via: media@humanrights.gov.au.

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Rights and Freedoms

Can rights solve the issue of homelessness?

Homelessness has, I'm sure, been on your agendas for many years. More recently, both Parity and the Rudd federal government (if I can put you both in the same league) has given it a much increased focus. Today, I want to identify the many human rights issues raised in the context of homelessness, and suggest how a human rights framework would help address what is an ever-increasing problem in our society.

Category, Speech
Commission – General

2009 Media Release: United we stand – Support for United Nations Indigenous Rights Declaration a watershed moment for Australia

This morning’s formal support from the Australian Government for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is likely to go down in history as a watershed moment in Australia’s relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said today.

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Rights and Freedoms

Mornington Peninsula Shire Conference

Firstly I would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand and by so doing remind ourselves that Australia's cultural traditions stretch back many thousands of years.

Category, Speech
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault Forum: Tom Calma (2006)

I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation, the traditional owners and custodians of the land where we are gathered today, and pay my respects to their elders and to the ancestors. I would also like to acknowledge:

Category, Speech
Commission – General

HREOC media release: It's a Guide Dog Mate

Taxi drivers around Australia are dropping the ball when it comes to transporting blind passengers, Commissioner responsible for Disability Discrimination Graeme Innes will tell the Australian Taxi Industry Association Conference in Adelaide today.

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