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Childrens Rights
6 May 2025SubmissionMaking Queensland Safer (Adult Crime, Adult Time) Amendment Bill 2025
Explore the latest on the Making Queensland Safer Bill 2025, including expanded 'Adult Crime, Adult Time' offences and recent public hearings. -
Race Discrimination
15 September 2025Media ReleaseThe hard truth about our country's views about migrants
Racism is a fire. Once lit, it spreads, igniting more hate in its path. -
Rights and Freedoms
2 May 2024VideoRights On Time Video
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Disability Rights
5 December 2024Opinion pieceIt’s time disability reform became an election commitment
In an opinion piece published in The Mandarin, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess urges political leaders to commit to disability reform ahead of the 2025 Federal election. -
Commission - General
3 July 2024Opinion pieceLet’s resist the worst of times with the best of humanity
When I began my term as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission seven years ago, the marriage equality plebiscite was engulfing our nation, in much the same way as the recent Voice referendum did. -
Rights and Freedoms
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Human Rights in the time of Covid
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22 September 2025Conciliation register
2025-03-06
The complainant has tongue cancer and is unable to speak. He alleged the respondent insurance company refused to communicate with him by email regarding and insurance claim and instead insisted he must speak with the company by phone. The insurer said it investigated the complainant’s claims but saw no evidence that it declined to communicate with the complainant by email. The insurer… -
22 September 2025Conciliation register
2025-03-04
The complainant has epilepsy and applied for a role as an industrial painter and blaster with the respondent mining company. The complainant said he provided information from his treating doctor to the company declaring him fit to perform the role, but claimed the company sought additional information, including from a neurologist. He alleged the company delayed the recruitment process and… -
22 September 2025Conciliation register
2025-03-03
The complainant has a disability that affects her mobility and is a resident of the respondent retirement village, which is managed by the respondent strata manager. She alleged the body corporate voted to deny her request for the installation of a chair lift to improve accessibility. The respondents claimed the complainant’s request did not comply with the requirements of relevant strata… -
Childrens Rights
10 September 2025Opinion piece
Have governments been careless about kids? We need to learn the lessons.
This opinion piece from Australia's National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds is about the need for governments across the country to focus not just on caring for kids in childcare, but also kids in the child protection and child justice system, and also the importance of not only focusing on solutions for the future but also why so many calls for reform over several decades have been… -
22 September 2025Conciliation register
2025-03-09
The complainant is of Chinese ethnic and racial origin and alleged the respondent council erected a sign in English and Chinese stating 'no spitting, littering or smoking'. The complainant said that in response to concerns raised with council that the sign appeared to single out Chinese people, council made references to 'Western culture' and 'other cultures' and stated the sign promoted -
22 September 2025Conciliation register
2025-03-08
The complainant has a psychosocial disability and has an assistance animal. He alleged a nurse at the respondent medical practice refused to see him to take blood samples because he was accompanied by his assistance dog. The medical practice denied discriminating against the complainant and indicated a willingness to participate in conciliation. The complaint was resolved by conciliation… -
22 September 2025Conciliation register
2025-03-01
The complainant was 41 years of age and applied for a job at the respondent retailer, stating he was willing to learn new skills. He alleged that the retailer refused to consider his resume and told him 'Learning is for 15-years-olds who are working for $14 an hour, not $32 an hour.' The retailer denied the alleged comments and agreed to participate in conciliation to try to resolve the… -
Rights and Freedoms
3 March 2023Speech
Human Rights in the time of Covid
Human Rights in the time of Covid: Ensuring accountability in the contemporary public health context 26TH World Congress of Medical Law Gold Coast, 5 December 2022 Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FRSA FACLM(Hon) FAAL TEP Abstract: Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health emergency tested national readiness in a federal system to contain the spread of the disease… -
22 September 2025Conciliation register
2025-03-05
The complainant worked in smoke testing and cleaning roles with the respondent construction company. He alleged the company made him redundant after he injured his knee at work, telling him he was a liability to the company. He said the company retracted the redundancy but he feared his ongoing employment was uncertain. The company claimed that despite a lengthy workers’ compensation process…