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Commission - General
13 May 2025News storyData breach notification
The Australian Human Rights Commission has been affected by a data breach concerning attachments uploaded to the Commission’s web forms on its website. -
Commission - General
12 May 2025Webpage
Data Breach Notification
Notice published 13 May 2025 The Australian Human Rights Commission has been affected by a data breach. The Commission acted to address the breach as soon as it came to our attention. We sincerely apologise for any distress or harm this data breach may have caused. What happened? On 10 April 2025, the Australian Human Rights Commission became aware of a data breach that involved the… -
Technology and Human Rights
7 August 2025Publication
AI and recruitment compliance checklist
The AI and recruitment compliance register sets out the key compliance considerations for organisations keen to achieve best practice in their use of AI systems for recruitment purposes. -
Legal
21 November 2016PublicationAW v Data#3 Limited
Explore the report into a complaint of discrimination in employment on the basis of a criminal record in the case of AW v Data#3 Limited. -
Education15 August 2025Webpage
Statistics about older Australians
Learn more about older Australians’ contributions to Australian society and the impacts of ageism and age discrimination through statistics. -
Childrens Rights
27 July 2021Opinion pieceProtect children from data surveillance
Even before birth, Australian children are the targets of technology that collects their data and threatens their privacy – but right now we have an opportunity to protect them and future generations. Parents who use pregnancy apps or share ultrasounds on social media can expect information about their children to be collected and sold to advertisers for profit. Once a child is born, baby… -
Race Discrimination
15 August 2025Opinion pieceWhy anti-racism needs to be part of economic reform in Australia
In an opinion piece published on The Mandarin, Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman argues that Australia’s reform agenda must include a commitment to addressing workplace racism. -
Rights and Freedoms
29 October 2020SubmissionReview of the mandatory data retention regime (2019)
The Commission’s recommendations are aimed at ensuring that the data retention regime is more closely tailored to the purpose of fighting serious crime and is subject to appropriate safeguards and oversight. -
Legal
28 January 2015Submission
Inquiry into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission To The Parliamentary Joint Committee On Intelligence And Security Download PDF Download Word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Human Rights Framework 4.1 Article 17 – the Right to Privacy 4.2 Article 19 – Freedom of Expression 5 Scope of dataset to be retained 6 Two year retention period 7 Access to retained… -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendix 6: Further data on victimisation and offending - Social Justice Report 2011
Only NSW, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory data records Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status of sufficient coverage or quality to publish. -
Commission - General
6 August 2025E-bulletin (Monthly)
President's message | August 2025
Dear friends, Protecting people's rights in rural and regional Australia People living in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia face greater challenges in realising their human rights than people in the cities. So it was good to speak about this at the recent rural, regional and remote community legal centre summit in Port Macquarie. Jesuit Social Services’ Dropping off the Edge… -
31 July 2025Webpage
Racism@Uni Survey
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Sex Discrimination
26 May 2025WebpageWorkplace Sexual Harassment Resources
Resources for workers, employers and advocates on workplace sexual harassment—what works, what doesn’t, and how to make workplaces safer. -
13 August 2025Conciliation register
2025-02-09
The complainant is a woman of 31 years of age. The complainant claimed that at a second-round interview for the role of marketing manager at a company involved in the manufacture of equipment for the mining industry, a member of the management team asked her if she was considering children in the future and told her that he was wary of hiring someone of her age and gender due to the… -
13 August 2025Conciliation register
2025-02-08
The complainant alleged that during an interstate work trip, a colleague took her room key without her knowledge, entered her room without her consent and raped her. The complainant said she reported the incident to the respondent company and the police the following day and had not been fit to return to work since that time. The company said it took the matter very seriously and offered the…