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14 December 2012Book page
2. Understanding mental illness
It is highly likely that at least one worker in your workplace will, at some point in time, have a long or short-term mental illness. While you do not need to become an expert in mental health, having a better understanding of what mental illness is (including its possible effects on a worker) enables you to be more effective in handling issues that may arise. -
14 December 2012Book page
Discussion Paper: Living Wills
This is a submission from Brad Wronski, senior member of the Individual Advocacy (mental health) Program, at Disability Action Inc., South Australia. This program has been in existence for 4 1/2 years, in which time we have provided advocacy to over 370 individuals with various forms and degrees of mental illness. Issues surrounding involuntary treatment currently account for over 10% of our work… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Opinion pieceBill of rights is essential to best serve human rights (2008)
Click here to return to the Articles and Opinion Pieces Index Bill of rights is essential to best serve human rights Author: President John von Doussa Published: The Sydney Morning Herald, Page 15 (Thursday 9 October 2008) and On Line Opinion (Wednesday 15 October 2008) Five years ago I began my term as the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, confident in the ability of the… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2006: Chapter 1 : Introduction
Social Justice Report 2006 Back to Contents Chapter 1 : Introduction Table of contents Introduction >> Chapter 2 What makes good Indigenous policy? Reflections on the current policy framework for Indigenous affairs Contents of the Social Justice Report 2006 This is my third Social Justice Report as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and covers the period… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2000: Appendix 2
1) Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD): additional information to Australia's 10 th , 11 th and 12 th periodic reports under CERD, March 2000; 2) Human Rights Committee: additional information to Australia's third and fourth periodic reports, for consideration during the 69 th session, July 2000; and 3) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSubmission - Client Legal Privilege and Federal Investigatory Bodies (2007)
[2] Relevantly, s 24 (3) provides that: ‘Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, a person is not excused: (a) from giving any information, or producing a document, when required to do so pursuant to this Act; or (b) from answering a question that the person is required to answer by a member before whom the person is attending in compliance with a notice served on the person under… -
Age Discrimination
22 April 2015PublicationNational prevalence survey of age discrimination in the workplace 2015
Download the National Prevalence Survey of Age Discrimination in the Workplace 2015 and learn about how age discrimination is a barrier to entry for employment. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
1 March 2016PublicationToomelah Report (1988)
The Toomelah community of five hundred Aboriginal people endures appalling living conditions which amount to a denial to them of the most basic rights taken for granted by most other groups in society, and by other Australian communities of similar size. Their houses are substandard and overcrowded, actually contributing to a range of diseases. The community has for decades lived without an… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Effects of the ongoing Efficiency Dividend on Smaller Public Sector Agencies
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘HREOC’) makes this submission to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Inquiry into the effects of the ongoing efficiency dividend on smaller public sector agencies (‘the Inquiry’). -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2001: Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum terms of imprisonment (‘mandatory sentencing’) and Indigenous people
Social Justice Report 2001 back to contents Chapter 4: Laws mandating minimum terms of imprisonment (mandatory sentencing) and Indigenous people Introduction Overview of minimum mandatory imprisonment laws The Northern Territory laws The Western Australian laws Distinguishing minimum mandatory imprisonment laws from other mandatory sentencing provisions Recent developments in mandatory…