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I'll start with what's stayed the same. The fundamental restructuring of Australia's workplace relations system has left the functions of HREOC untouched. In particular there is no change in its responsibilities to investigate and conciliate complaints of unlawful discrimination.
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Amongst all this expertise, it is fair to ask why is the President of the national human rights commission – and particularly a President who has only fairly recently commenced in this role - here presenting the keynote speech to such a conference?
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Discover a speech on settlement services and human rights.
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Launch of the Supreme Court Equal Treatment Benchbook Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland. 15th February, 2006 Remarks of The Hon. John von Doussa QC President, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting today. It is an...
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As the world awaits the birth of the new millenium with a level of anxiety we come to associate with expecting parents, I am pleased to note that the United Nations, in nominating 1999 the International Year of Older Persons, has not, at the last, forgotten the grandparents.
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Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee this afternoon. The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to comment on Australia's immigration detention system in this forum.
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Discover a speech on mandatory immigration detention of children.
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When I was invited to give this address, my first thought was to talk about unlawful discrimination in the context of higher education and, in particular, disability discrimination.
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I have been asked to speak today about the contributions made to Australia by women from diverse cultures. A topic difficult for its breadth, depth and complexity - like our cultures and identities themselves. Made more difficult by the variety of women's experiences and the way we choose to define 'contribution.'
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Hugh de Kretser discusses the importance of truth telling, what he learned working at the Yoorrook Justice Commission, human rights values and the need for Human Rights Acts.
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The role of human rights education in realising the vision of social justice The Honourable Catherine Branson QC Centre for Research in Education Annual Oration 24 March 2011 Acknowledgement and thankyou I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the...
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PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS - GOOD GOVERNANCE, THE RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY PACIFIC JUDICIAL CONFERENCE, VANUATU 26-30 JULY 2005, The Hon John von Doussa QC, President, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 1 Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable...
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I feel very honoured to have been invited to contribute to this symposium. As a theme for today's discussion, I have chosen the notions of regionalisation and responsibility within Asia and the Pacific. I believe that the ability to accept responsibility for our neighbourhood, and to generate cooperative regional dialogues and actions to fulfill that responsibility will be the key to meeting the challenges and opportunities human rights will face in the new century.
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This paper addresses one of the Forum themes: ‘Security and Human Rights’. Since 11 September 2001 governments around the world have responded to the threat of terrorism with tough measures to protect the lives and security of their communities – to protect their fundamental human rights. New security measures give government authorities unprecedented powers, which can seriously infringe the basic human rights of those against whom the powers are exercised.
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Australasian Law Reform Agencies Conference Port Vila, Vanuatu, September 2008 The Potential Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Pacific The Hon John von Doussa QC President, Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 1 1. Introduction This paper advocates that National...
