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Complaints

Projects

A collage of eight photos showing older adults of diverse backgrounds smiling with family and friends in various joyful and affectionate moments, both indoors and outdoors.
Age Discrimination

Planning ahead

Future planning empowers older people to have choice and control over their senior years and provides peace of mind for them and their loved ones.
Two men, one younger and one older, stand outdoors among greenery, holding mugs and having a conversation. Both are casually dressed in button-up shirts. Sunlight filters through the trees in the background.
Age Discrimination

Positive ageing

Having positive beliefs about ageing has been shown to be associated with better physical health, psychological wellbeing, increased longevity, and reduced dementia risk among older people.
An older man wearing safety glasses and a denim shirt smiles while working with a wooden plank in a workshop, leaning on the table with one hand and resting his head on the other.
Age Discrimination

Age Discrimination in Employment

The right to work is a fundamental human right, but one that far too many older people in Australia do not enjoy.
Elderly woman with gray hair wearing a white blouse sits by a window, looking thoughtfully into the distance as natural light illuminates her face.
Age Discrimination

Elder abuse

Elder abuse can take various forms, including: financial, physical, psychological, emotional and sexual abuse, or neglect. No older person should be subjected to any form of abuse.
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Rights and Freedoms

Free and Equal Conference

The Free and Equal conference was the centrepiece of a national conversation and once-in-a-decade event. The conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Sydney on Tuesday 8 October 2019.
An elderly person wearing a coat sits with their head bowed and hands covering their face, conveying a sense of sadness or distress, in a black and white photo.
Age Discrimination

Risk of Homelessness in Older Women

With many older women at risk of homelessness, the Age Discrimination Commissioner is working with sectors to develop innovative solutions to assist this rapidly growing group of women.
International

HRTC highlights newsletter - April 2016

Working internationally to advance human rights Welcome Welcome to the first bi-annual newsletter for the Human Rights Technical Cooperation (HRTC) Programs. HRTC Highlights is a new initiative that will provide you with updates from our international human rights activities. This edition highlights...
Rights and Freedoms

Corporate Social Responsibility

The Australian Human Rights Commission has developed four short fact sheets to help Australian companies meet their responsibility to respect the human rights of those people impacted by their activities.