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14 December 2012Book page
Bush Talks (1999)
Bush Talks was endorsed by Mrs Margaret Smith (National President of the Country Women's Association); Mr Gatjil Djerrkura (Chair of ATSIC); Mr David Dunn (National President of Australian Rural Youth) and Dr Wendy Craik (Executive Director of the National Farmers' Federation). -
14 December 2012Book page
Web Watch: Accessibility of government websites
This site is being established by the Commission as an initiative to promote provision of Government information in forms which all Australians can use and which comply with the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act. -
Employers19 February 2015Quick Guide
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is any unwanted or unwelcome sexual behaviour where a reasonable person would have anticipated the possibility that the person harassed would feel offended, humiliated or intimidated. It has nothing to do with mutual attraction or consensual behaviour. Examples of sexual harassment include: staring, leering or unwelcome touching suggestive comments or jokes unwanted… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice30 January 2019Webpage
About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Learn how the Human Rights Commission works to ensure the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are promoted and protected. -
Rights and Freedoms16 May 2013Webpage
Commission reports raising ICCPR Article 7 issues
No. 46: Yousefi family v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) (2011)Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; detention disproportionate to Commonwealth’s objectives; best interests of child and right to care and protection; access to health care and educationHuman rights considered: ICCPR Articles 7, 9, 10; CRC Articles 3.1, 3.2, 24.1, 28.1, 37(a), 37(c) No. 35… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2005 : Chapter 2 : Existing legal framework and leasing options
The ownership, particularly communal ownership of land by Indigenous people began in 1976 with the introduction of land rights legislation in the Northern Territory (the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) (ALRA (NT)). -
Commission – General30 January 2013Webpage
Community Award – Organisation
Community Award - Organisation Finalists The Community Award – Organisation is awarded to a not-for-profit community-based organisation with a track record in promoting and advancing human rights in the Australian community. The shortlisted community organisations are: Settlement Services International: a not-for-profit organisation that provides resettlement and case management services to … -
27 March 2015Book page
6 Appendix A – submissions
The Human Rights Commissioner received submissions from the following people and organisations. 1. Ken Grundy 2. Tim Walsh 3. Judith Sloan, The Australian 4. Rodney Crisp – The right to life and death 5. Freedom 4 Faith 6. Rodney Crisp – A national constitutionally-entrenched bill of rights 7. Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney 8. World Society of Victimology 9. Central Australian Women’s… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN PRIVACY LAW (DP 72, 12 September 2007)
(b) Use, disclosure and access to personal information (whether relating to a living or a deceased individual) Proposals 3-11, 12-8, 22 and 26-1 -
14 December 2012Book page
Monitoring and reporting on laws and policy - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
The Commission assesses compliance with human rights principles by examining and reporting on issues of race, age, sex and disability discrimination and human rights. In doing so, we play a significant role in the monitoring of legislation and policy in Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Tackling violence, harassment and bullying - Annual Report 2011-2012: Australian Human Rights Commission
We all have a right to feel safe and respected. We all have a right to live our lives free from violence. Violence, harassment and bullying can violate these rights. They can also impact on other rights, such as the right to education and the right to health. Violence, harassment and bullying affect well-being and quality of life. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
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Before I commence, on behalf of HREOC, I would like to thank ACE for the opportunity to discuss a national disability employment strategy and importantly the opportunity for multiple perspectives to be presented here today. -
27 January 2015Book page
2 Introduction
2.1 What is Workplace Diversity? The term diversity refers to what makes us different. It covers gender, age, language, disability, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation and religious belief. Diversity also refers to our many other differences in education, work experience, occupation, socio-economic background, marital status and whether or not we have family and carer -
30 January 2013Webpage
Business Award (sponsored by Audrey Page & Associates)
Business Award Finalists The Business Award is awarded to a corporation that has made a practical and/or policy commitment to the promotion and advancement of human rights in the Australian community. The finalists for 2014 are: KPMG For its Reconciliation Action Plan, which fosters equal access to employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and provides support… -
Commission – General9 April 2013Publication
Our agenda: Commission workplan 2012-2013
This document provides an overview of the Commission’s major activities for 2012-13. The Commission regularly reviews the ways in which human rights are being observed and respected across Australia. We do this to determine where we can take practical action and make a positive difference. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Action Plan
In July 2006, all Australian governments, through the Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (MCIMA), endorsed the National Action Plan to Build on Social Cohesion, Harmony and Security (NAP) -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: Abbreviations
Review of the Employer Incentives Strategy: Department of Family and Community Services Improving Employment Opportunities for People with a Disability, Report of the Review of the Employer Incentives Strategy , March 2003 -
14 December 2012Book page
It's your right! - Credits
This work is protected by copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part may be used or reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Human rights in regional, rural and remote Australia: Chris Sidoti (1998)
When the CWA started in 1923 about 40% of Australians lived in rural communities. Rural Australia was made up of small but functioning communities whose members had to work hard but could make a living from the land. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
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I feel very honoured to have been invited to contribute to this symposium. As a theme for today's discussion, I have chosen the notions of regionalisation and responsibility within Asia and the Pacific. I believe that the ability to accept responsibility for our neighbourhood, and to generate cooperative regional dialogues and actions to fulfill that responsibility will be the key to meeting the…
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