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Commission - General
3 November 2016PublicationAnnual Report 2015-2016
Also available: Complaint Statistics 2015-2016 | President’s statement This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2015–16 financial year. This year has been both a challenging and rewarding one for the Commission. We have achieved the highest conciliation rates of complaints under the four discrimination laws since our inception 30 years ago … -
Commission - General
4 March 2025E-bulletin (Monthly)
President's message | March 2025
We must work together to address the scourge of racism. The Director-General of ASIO, Mike Burgess, said in Parliament last week that “in terms of threats to life” antisemitism is ASIO’s top priority. He said he believed it was the first time a form of racism was the agency’s highest priority. The assessment underscored the intensification and severity of the attacks against the Jewish… -
Race Discrimination
5 September 2018Media ReleaseCommunique 2010 - Racism, exclusion and poverty: key factors reducing international student safety (2010)
Monday, 12 April 2010 Racism, exclusion and poverty: key factors reducing international student safety On 31 March 2010, the Academy of the Social Sciences, the Australian Human Rights Commission and Universities Australia worked in partnership to plan and deliver the Racism and the Student Experience Policy Research Workshop. The purpose of the Workshop was to assess available data from… -
Commission - General
9 May 2019Webpage
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Sex Discrimination
8 March 2022VideoInternational Women's Day: Kate Jenkins
Discover Kate Jenkins' message for International Women's Day. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
8 August 2023Webpage
The Uluru Statement from the Heart
The Uluru Statement from the Heart (the Statement) is an invitation from a group of First Nations people to non-Indigenous Australians. Shared in 2017, the Statement calls for substantive reform to help realise Indigenous rights, through the establishment of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament and a Makarrata Commission, to undertake processes of agreement-making (treaty) and truth-telling. -
Employers1 August 2016Webpage
Access for all: Improving accessibility for consumers with disability
Discover practical tips for businesses on improving access to goods, services, facilities, premises and information for consumers with disability. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012WebpageAbout Disability Rights
The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 protects individuals across Australia from direct and indirect discrimination in many parts of public life, such as employment, education and access to premises. -
11 December 2023Webpage
Positive Duty Form
The Commission investigates and enforces compliance with the positive duty. Share concerns about an organization's compliance by completing our online Positive Duty Form. -
Childrens Rights
3 March 2025Media ReleaseNational Children’s Commissioner welcomes Senate Inquiry report calls for child justice reform
National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the interim findings by the first ever Senate Inquiry into Australia’s child justice and incarceration system. -
Human Resources18 March 2015Webpage
Working at the Commission
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