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14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Chapter 3
3.1 Introduction 3.2 Australia's human rights obligations for workers with family and carer responsibilities 3.3 Limitations of federal discrimination law 3.4 The need for law reform 3.5 Conclusion -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
DR OZDOWSKI: It is 9.30 so we will start another day off, formal hearings. My name is Dr Sev Ozdowski and I'm the Human Rights Commissioner. To my right is Dr Trang Thomas, Professor of Psychology at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and to my left Mrs Robin Sullivan, Queensland's Children's Commissioner. Both of them do assist me with the Inquiry as Assistant Commissioners. Also, on my… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechAccessible procurement and promotion of equality in employment (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission Act tells us that the Commission's functions should be performed "efficiently and with the greatest possible benefit to the people of Australia". That is also a good summary of the goals of the Department of Finance, in public expenditure, public administration and policy and regulation. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSubmission to Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on the Discussion Paper, National Employment Standards Exposure Draft (2008)
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) makes this submission to the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in response to the Australian Government’s invitation to make comment on the National Employment Standards Exposure Draft Discussion Paper. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechSite navigation
The topic for discussion is the role of human rights in good governance. Along the way I will touch on HREOC’s perceptions of cultural change at DIMA, legal roadblocks to cultural change, and the importance of human rights principles in the law and policy making process. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 4 - The Sex Discrimination Act
The definitions of discrimination include both direct and indirect discrimination, with the exception of the definition of discrimination on the ground of family responsibilities, which is limited to direct discrimination. -
Disability Rights
18 March 2013Speech
The DDA 20 Years On: Successes, Lessons and Future Directions (2012)
The DDA 20 Years On: Successes, Lessons and Future Directions 3rd Annual National Disability Summit Paving a future direction for disability policy reform in Australia Melbourne 27 June 2012 Graeme InnesDisability Discrimination Commissioner I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. At this Summit in 2010, I talked about the crucial roles of a National Disability… -
Sex Discrimination
8 December 2022SpeechNational Press Club Address: Changing Laws, Changing Behaviours, Changing Lives
Speech by Australia's National Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, to the National Press Club on 30 November, 2022. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
The DDA 20 Years On: Successes, Lessons and Future Directions (2012)
At this Summit in 2010, I talked about the crucial roles of a National Disability Insurance Scheme. They were in moving to a society that respects, protects, promotes and fulfils human rights for people with disability. I used the title Money Changes Everything - But What's Insurance Got to Do with It? -
Commission – General
14 July 2014Publication
Strategic Plan 2014-2018
Foreword I am pleased to present the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Strategic Plan for 2014-18. The plan provides a roadmap that guides our key activities over the coming four year period. As an organisation we seek to be innovative and agile in how we continue to improve our operations and ensure maximum benefit for the Australian community. The plan meets the Commission’s new legal … -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC - Annual Report 2001 - 2002: Chapter 7: Race Discrimination
Dr William Jonas commenced duty as acting Race Discrimination Commissioner in September 1999 in addition to his duties as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Chapter 9 - Race Discrimination
This report covers my fourth year as the Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner at HREOC, a position I occupy in addition to my position as the aboriginal and torres Strait islander Social Justice Commissioner. During the period on which I report, Australia elected a new government, ending almost 12 years of a coalition government. -
Rights and Freedoms
12 December 2017SpeechHuman Rights Awards 2017
Acknowledgments Thank you, Aunty Norma Ingram, for your very warm welcome to country. The Australian Human Rights Commission is honoured to be here today on the ancestral lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and future and warmly welcome any Indigenous guests attending today. Attorney-General and other very distinguished guests,… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Hastings: Disability discrimination, standards, and OHS
The fact that CEOE is conducting this forum in itself indicates that disability is widely seen by business as presenting significant occupational health and safety (OH&S) issues. And certainly, concerns related to occupational health and safety are widely experienced by people with disabilities as barriers to equal opportunity in employment. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Council for Civil Liberties NSW (CCL) considers mandatory detention of asylum seekers to be a breach of Australia's international obligations. The CCL is of the view that mandatory detention of children is morally indefensible particularly given Australia's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech
Futures: Victorian Rural Health Forum: Chris Sidoti (1999)
I am pleased to be participating in the opening of the Futures Victorian Rural Health Forum. I would also like to thank Neil Roxburgh and the Country AIDS Network (CAN) for inviting me to speak. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Discrimination on the Ground of Trade Union Activity
Report to the Attorney-General on an inquiry by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the Commission) into a complaint of discrimination on the ground of trade union activity under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth)(the Act). -
Children's Rights
12 July 2019SpeechChildren’s right to safety and a holistic education
Good morning, everyone and thank you for inviting me to be here today to talk to you about the importance of children’s rights. I’d like to begin by also acknowledging the traditional owners of the land, and paying my respects to elders past, present and emerging. I’d also like to acknowledge any Indigenous guests who are present with us today. I’m going to start by telling you a little… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech
Australian Lawyers Alliance Conference (2009)
As lawyers who work every day with ordinary people, you will all have first hand experience of the value that we, in Australia, place on human rights. You will also be acutely aware of the significant gaps in human rights protection in Australia. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
The Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport: where are we?
I'd like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Ngunnawal people, in whose language Canberra means meeting place as you probably know.