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Disability Rights
19 July 2019SpeechThe critical task of changing community attitudes towards disability
The following speech was an opening presentation delivered by Disability Discrimination Commissioner Ben Gauntlett at a workshop on community attitudes towards people with disability convened by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Disability, held in Melbourne on June 28, 2019. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, I too acknowledge my deep respect to the … -
Age Discrimination
23 September 2024WebpageAge Discrimination Training
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Commission - General
9 September 2025E-bulletin (Monthly)President's message | September 2025
Migration and addressing racism in Australia Migration has fuelled modern Australia’s success. It is connected to our economic prosperity and national character. Half of us have at least one parent born overseas and a quarter are born overseas. There has been bipartisan political support for a non-discriminatory migration policy since the 1970’s and there is strong and consistent public… -
Sex Discrimination
23 April 2024Webpage
The Positive Duty in the Sex Discrimination Act
The Commission has developed resources to help organisations and businesses understand their new legal responsibilities under the Sex Discrimination Act. -
8 July 2025Conciliation register
2025-01-06
The complainant and their partner identify as non-binary. They alleged that when making a booking with the respondent airline, they were required to use binary gender and honorific options. The respondent airline acknowledged the complainant's experience and limitations of the online booking system for non-binary passengers. The airline explained that it was difficult to update its booking… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
11 May 2023Publication
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Youth Statement 2023
At the historic Wiyi Yani U Thangani, Women’s Voices Summit, we the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Youth Forum representatives share with you Our Youth Statement - Strength from the past and our vision for the future. To our First Nations Matriarchs we say thank you. It is your hands that have held us, nurtured us and empowered us. You have paved the way for the opportunities that… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
16 March 2022News story
Urgent funding needed to support Indigenous community-led health solutions
The Close the Gap campaign has called for an urgent investment in community-led health services to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country. The 2022 Close the Gap Report: Transforming Power – Voices for Generational Change has 12 recommendations for large-scale transformation and systemic reform to avoid further preventable deaths and… -
Technology and Human Rights
20 April 2023WebpageTechnology and Human Rights
Explore issues related to human rights and developments in technology and how the Commission works to protect human rights in this area. -
Legal
8 July 2021PublicationImmigration detention following visa cancellation under section 501
Learn about immigration detention following visa cancellation under section 501. -
Legal
8 July 2021Publication
QA v Commonwealth (Department of Home Affairs) (2021)
Report into arbitrary detention and the best interests of children -
Rights and Freedoms
15 June 2021Publication![Cover page of an Australian Human Rights Commission report titled Ms PQ and Ms PR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2021] AusHRC 142, dated 7 June 2021, with a blue and white design.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_results_image/public/2021-06/2021_AusHRC_142-1_500px.jpg?itok=NUeXrVbG)
Ms PQ and Ms PR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2021)
Report into a failure to treat persons deprived of their liberty with humanity and respect for their dignity