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On the 17 June 2025, Race Driscrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, gave the keynote address at the Whitlam Institute's Community Forum: 50th Anniversary | Racial Discrimination Action 1975 at Parramatta Town Hall.

Speech by the National Race Discrimination Commissioner, Chin Tan, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Hello everyone, wherever you are in Australia. I join you from the lands of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Welcome to you and…

This presentation, on International Human Rights Day, advances the case for a Human Rights Act for Australia, reflecting on experiences during COVID and the difference a Human Rights Act may have made.

On Friday 21 March 2025, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, gave the keynote address at the University of Queensland's International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Event.

Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman gave the keynote for the Whitlam Institute's special event marking 50 years of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.

His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC, Governor-General of Australia, and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley. Thank you for launching National Child Protection Week 2022 and for hosting us today. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Ngunnawal people, and pay my respect to their elders, past, present and emerging, and to all Aboriginal and…

This keynote speech, delivered on Larrakia Country by Commissioner Katie Kiss at the 2025 AIATSIS Summit calls for urgent reform of the Native Title system and implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to achieve true empowerment, justice, and self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Commissioner Katie Kiss launched the University of Technology Sydney's new Centre for Indigenous People and Work.

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.

Day 2- National Anti-Racism Framework and any other work she is doing that aligns with Priority Reform 3 of the Closing the Gap Agreement Wednesday 2 April 2025 - QT Hotel Canberra

Day 2- National Anti-Racism Framework and any other work she is doing that aligns with Priority Reform 3 of the Closing the Gap Agreement Wednesday 2 April 2025 - QT Hotel Canberra

At the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Ms Katie Kiss was part of a panel presentation to discuss the theme “Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing…

Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman's speech at the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia conference in Brisbane.

Discover insights from the Diversity Council Australia panel webinar focusing on fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion across workplaces and communities.

Introduction: Country, Sovereignty, Truth Good evening, all. Ladies, gentlemen, distinguished guests. As a proud Kaanju, Birri/Widi Woman from North Queensland who grew up on the lands of the Darumbal People in Rockhampton, I acknowledge and pay my deepest respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation – the traditional custodians of the land on which we gather tonight. I honour their…