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Commission – General
27 August 2024News storyStatement by Commission President Hugh de Kretser
Australian Human Rights Commission President Hugh de Kretser has expressed concerns about calls for Palestinians fleeing Gaza to be denied entry to Australia. -
Race Discrimination
7 August 2024Webpage
National Anti-Racism Framework
The Australian Human Rights Commission has launched a plan to develop a National Anti-Racism Framework. The Commission is working with all levels of Government, peak bodies, human rights agencies and community organisations to progress the Framework. -
Children's Rights
12 September 2024News story
Children's Commissioner welcomes Senate Inquiry into child justice
National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the establishment of a Federal Senate Inquiry into Australia’s child justice system, saying it has come at a critical time to prevent further systemic failures harming children and young people. -
Race Discrimination
16 October 2024Publication
An Anti-Racism Framework: The Perspectives of Multicultural Australia
This report presents the findings and recommendations that followed consultations with more than 1200 people with lived experience of racism from across Australia, enhancing the Commission’s understanding of the prevalence and impact of racism in the country. -
Age Discrimination
3 July 2024SpeechKeynote Address to the Law Council of Australia
Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner Friday, 31 May 2024 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Introduction I would like to thank the Law Council of Australia for this invitation to speak at your National Elder Law and Succession Law Committee meeting, and to your committee chair, Darryl Browne, for introducing me. I wish to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 October 2024WebpageInforming The Agenda Consultations
Informing the Agenda Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioners Term 2024-2029 Katie Kiss commenced in the role as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on 3 April 2024. To ensure the voices of First Nations people across Australia help form the agenda for the term, the Commissioner is conducting a national listening tour to hear from… -
30 September 2024
Shaping_Perceptions_Full_Report 2024
The focus of this report is on how the Australian media reports on ageing and older persons.This research involved a review of literature and media reportage on age-related topics by key media outlets in Australia. Additionally, in-depth interviews were conducted with journalists, presenters, editors and producers across Australian media networks as well as with academics and corporate… -
LGBTIQ+
29 August 2024Media ReleaseSex Discrimination Commissioner calls on Fed Gov to reverse LGBTIQA+ Census backflip
Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody has called on the Federal Government to reconsider a decision to renege on a commitment to have LGBTIQA+-related questions and topics in the 2026 Census. -
Children's Rights
4 March 2024Submission
Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity
Learn more about the human right to climate change and the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023. -
Business and Human Rights
27 May 2024SubmissionAustralia's Anti-Slavery Commissioner
Learn more about the creation of an Australia Anti-Slavery Commissioner and how this could strengthen Australia's response to modern slavery. -
Age Discrimination
9 September 2024Media Release
New report recommends Australia urgently creates nationally consistent enduring powers of attorney laws
Age Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM has said Commonwealth and State and Territory governments must act now to achieve national consistency in laws governing enduring power of attorney, following the release of a new report. -
Age Discrimination
26 September 2024Publication
Shaping Perceptions: How Australian Media Reports on Ageing (2024)
This report released 1 October 2024 by the Australian Human Rights Commission followed interviews with journalists and media professionals, and a review of the literature and recent media reports on age-related topics by Australian media outlets. It found that the media industry is failing to accurately represent older Australians and the issues they are facing. -
Sex Discrimination
27 August 2024Media ReleaseEnding gender-based violence: do not overlook older women and women with disability
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin states that Australia needs to take threats of gendered violence as seriously as it takes terrorist threats. -
Age Discrimination
6 September 2024Publication
Empowering futures: a report on enduring powers of attorney (2024)
A national survey on the understanding and use of financial enduring powers of attorney (2024). -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
21 August 2024Publication
Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024 Community Guide
This is a Community Guide to the Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024. It provides a quick and easy way to understand the full report and its purpose. The report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system. It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
21 August 2024Publication
Women in Native Title: Native Title Report 2024
This report is an account of the experiences, perspectives, aspirations and solutions of First Nations women within the native title system. It takes a person-centred approach, highlighting how native title and related systems impact individuals and communities on a day-to-day basis. It calls for significant reform of the native title system to deliver land justice and fulfil human rights… -
Technology and Human Rights
21 February 2024SubmissionHuman Rights Responses to Cybercrime
Learn more about how cybercrime can lead to human rights violations and how Australia can take a human-rights-centred approach. -
Race Discrimination
25 July 2024Media Release
Race Discrimination Commissioner welcomes Multicultural Framework Review
Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman has welcomed the release of the Multicultural Framework Review by the Federal Government, calling it a significant step towards the greater recognition of the rights of racially marginalised Australians. The review, led by an independent panel, was released by Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Minister Andrew Giles on… -
Legal
22 March 2024SpeechProbate and Lunatics: A Curious Cameo of Supreme Court History
ANZOA meeting Perspectives on Fairness Meeting of the Minds Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human Rights Commission Acknowledgment I would like to begin my presentation by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land where I am delivering my presentation today, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to the elders, past, present and… -
Commission – General
14 March 2024Speech
Perspectives on Fairness
ANZOA meeting Meeting of the Minds Acknowledgment I would like to begin my presentation by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land where I am delivering my presentation today, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to the elders, past, present and emerging. I would like to thank Janine Young, Energy & Water Ombudsman, NSW and current Chair of ANZOA, for…
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