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14 December 2012WebpageCommission submissions: Gama
You can explore a report by the Australian Human Rights Commission regarding Qantas v Gama in relation to the Racial Discrimination Act (1975). -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendix A: Knowing the law
The Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA) and equivalent state and territory laws make it unlawful to discriminate against, harass or victimise people with disabilities or their associates – including in employment. -
14 December 2012Book page
A Time to Value - FAQ
The model proposed by HREOC has been costed by respected independent analysts NATSEM at $213m in 2003-04. In 2005-06, paid maternity leave would cost the Government $217m, which is $293m less than the Baby Bonus which relates only to one child per family and in which the full benefit cannot be reaped until five years after the birth of the child. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into Better Support for Carers
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘HREOC’) makes this submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth (‘the Committee’) in its Inquiry into Better Support for Carers (‘the Inquiry’). -
Legal
7 June 2017Submission
Submission: Inquiry into Strengthening Multiculturalism (2017)
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Select Committee on Strengthening Multiculturalism -
14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Recommendations
That the Australian Bureau of Statistics be funded to produce a full national time use survey at regular five-yearly intervals to help inform and measure progress towards gender equality in paid and unpaid work. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission Submission Amicus Curiae - Howe v Qantas
However, if appropriate, and with leave of the Court, the Commissioner reserves the right to make further submissions on legal matters which may arise during the hearing of this matter and after receipt of the respondent’s particularised points of defence. No submissions are to be made in relation to the evidentiary and factual matters that may arise for determination. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: Australia's Future Tax System (Retirement Income System) (2009)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission’)[1] makes this submission to the Review Panel on Australia’s future tax system (‘the Review’). The submission specifically addresses Australia’s retirement income system. -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012SpeechSpeeches on Sex Discrimination Issues
Access Speeches on Sex Discrimination Issues Sex Discrimination by the Commission’s Commissioners from between the years 1996 to 2012. -
Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Gender Equality
Women experience inequality in many areas of their lives. At work, women face a gender ‘pay gap’ and barriers to leadership roles. Many encounter reduced employment opportunities because of the time they give to family and caring responsibilities. Sexual harassment and gender-based violence also threaten women’s basic right to feel safe and respected at work, in public, in places of study… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Employment and Superannuation (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission in its Inquiry into Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Issues Paper - Employment and Superannuation. -
1 August 2014Book page
Terms of Reference
Research project by the Australian Human Rights Commission: Prevalence of experiences of discrimination relating to pregnancy at work and return to work after parental leave The Sex Discrimination Commissioner, on behalf of the Commission, will conduct research to identify the prevalence of discrimination in relation to pregnancy at work and return to work after parental leave as follows: A … -
14 December 2012Book page
A Bad Business - Address to the Launch of A Bad Business
Read about the impactful launch of the "Bad Business" report, addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. -
Disability Rights
2 December 2015Speech2015 International Day of People with Disability
Good afternoon. To begin, I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are meeting, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and the Elders from other communities who may be here today. I make particular mention of Indigenous Peoples with Disability who may be with us today, and to Elders of the past with disability. It is… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Pathways to Employment
Thanks for the opportunity to speak to this conference today. You are embarking on this topic, in my view, at just the right time. Unemployment is the lowest it has been for over a decade. Our economy is strong and needing more employees, and our population is ageing, reducing the relative size of the workforce. In coming years, there will be fewer of us to support more of us, so as many people… -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1) Background to Hotham's work with asylum seekers 2) Asylum Seekers in the Community 3) Addressing the needs of asylum seekers in the community 4) The transition from detention to the community 5) Positive Outcomes 6) Appendix 1: General Community Release Issues 7) Appendix 2: Summary of the Swedish Model of Detention -
Technology and Human Rights
24 July 2018Publication
Issues Paper: Human Rights and Technology
Learn more about how your human rights may be impacted by technology in the Commission's Issue Paper. -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012Publication
Pregnancy Guidelines (2001)
The Pregnancy Guidelines follow the Commission's Report of the National Inquiry into Pregnancy and Work, Pregnant and Productive: It's a right not a privilege to work while pregnant, commissioned by the federal Attorney-General in August 1998. -
14 December 2012Book page
A Time to Value - Part D
Part D of the paper focuses on how a paid maternity leave scheme would actually operate were it to be introduced in Australia. The emphasis, as in the rest of the paper, is on the feedback that HREOC has received through submissions and consultations. Each Chapter canvases the views that were expressed in relation to each component of a national paid maternity leave scheme. -
16 May 2013Book page
Chapter 2: Attraction
View Chapter 2 as PDF View Chapter 2 as Word Strategies to attract more women to consider and apply for opportunities within male-dominated industriesThere is a skills shortage in Australia and 45% of Australian employers are having difficulty filling key positions in their organisations. Employers have the most difficulty finding skilled trades people and engineers, both of which have…