1 Introduction

1. This submission is made by the Australian Human Rights Commission, with input from state and territory human rights authorities.^[1] The Australian Human Rights Commission is established and operates under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth). The Commission has been accredited as an ‘A status’ national human rights institution by the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions, and operates in conformity with the ‘Paris Principles’.

^[1] The Commission acknowledges input from the ACT Human Rights Commission, Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales, Anti-Discrimination Commission of Queensland, Equal Opportunity Commission Western Australia, Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission, Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner (Tasmania), South Australia Equal Opportunity Commission and Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission.