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Commission – General
15 April 2020WebpageSenate file listing: 1 July 2019 - 31 December 2019
SENATE FILE LIST FOR THE AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 1 JULY 2019 – 31 DECEMBER 2019 see previous File Id Name 2019/2-2 LAO PDR - AUSTRALIA HUMAN RIGHTS TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM (HRTCP) ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION 2018-2019 PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION - INTERNATIONAL POLICY UNIT POLICY 2019/27-3 SOCIAL JUSTICE COMMISSIONER DECLINED INVITATIONS 2019 PUBLIC AWARENESS & EDUCATION … -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012ProjectRural and Remote Education - Qld
The Inquiry attended the second annual Croc Eisteddfod in Weipa on Cape York. The two day festival (7-8 July) was attended by 23 Queensland schools and one from NSW (Coonamble High School). The Inquiry met with students from -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education Inquiry
Rural and Remote Education Inquiry The National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education was initiated by the Commission in February 1999. The 1998 Bush Talks consultations on the human rights concerns of regional, rural and remote Australians had revealed that access to education of an appropriate standard and quality was a significant concern in rural and remote areas. In this section you… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education - NSW
Rural and Remote Education - NSW Submissions Catholic Education Office, Canberra-Goulburn NSW Department of Education and Training Extracts from submissions Indigenous education Non-government schools Teachers and other education workers Accessibility NSW hearings and meetings Bourke, 1 March 1999 Public hearing - summary and transcript Public meeting - summary Secondary students meeting -… -
Commission – General
14 December 2022Speech
2022 Human Rights Day Oration by Larissa Behrendt
"No More Just Tinkering at the Edges" Human Rights Day Oration by Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO 9 December 2022 I pay my respects to the Gadigal and the Elders who have kept knowledge on this country and shared so generously this unceded land. Before I start, I would like to thank the Commission for the honour of the 2021 Human Rights Medal. The award reflects a long-term… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education - National
Central to ATSIC's submission is a discussion of barriers to effective education for Indigenous students. Ill-health, discrimination and family mobility are among the issues discussed. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education - WA
Rural and Remote Education - WA Submissions Education Department of WA WA Farmers Federation Extracts from submissions Education funding WA hearings and meetings Billiluna, 14 May 1999 Community meeting - notes School meeting - notes Kununurra, 17 May 1999 Public hearing - summary and transcript Community meeting - notes Secondary student meeting - notes Aboriginal women's meeting - notes… -
Commission – General
30 June 2023News story
Farewell to Age and Disability Discrimination Commissioners
Commission President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM has joined with colleagues to farewell and celebrate the achievements of Age Discrimination Commissioner the Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO and Disability Discrimination Commissioner Dr Ben Gauntlett. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education - NT
Rural and Remote Education - NT Submissions NT Department of Education Nambara Schools Council Extracts from submissions Indigenous education NT hearings and meetings Darwin, 10 May 1999 Public hearing - summary and transcript Nguiu, 11 May 1999 Nguiu community meeting - summary Nguiu school meeting - summary Yirrkala and Nhulunbuy, 12 May 1999 Yirrkala community meeting - summary Yirrkala… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education - SA
Rural and Remote Education - SA Submissions South Australian Government South Australian Independent Schools Board Extracts from submissions Financial support Technological support Students with disabilities Accessibility Education funding SA hearings and meetings Adelaide, 9 August 1999 Public hearing - summary and transcript Port Lincoln, 10 August 1999 Public hearing - summary and… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education - Victoria
Rural and Remote Education - Victoria Submissions Department of Education, Employment and Training Extracts from submissions Education costs Distance education Information technology Teacher incentives, development and retention Victorian hearings and meetings Bairnsdale, 11 November 1999 Secondary students meeting - summary Koorie workers meeting - summary Public meeting - summary Melbourne… -
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 … -
14 December 2012Book page
A last resort? - Summary Guide: Education
In Port Hedland there is a school outside ... I used to stand on a chair and look out at them. I like to see what they looked like in their school uniform. There was an officer … and she pulled my shoulder down and put me on the ground and said, ‘You are not allowed to look at those people because they are different to you.’ And I was like ‘Why are they different to me?… -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Project
Rural and Remote Education - Tasmania
Rural and Remote Education - Tasmania Submissions Tasmanian Government Tasmanian Catholic Education Commission Tasmanian Council of State School Parents and Friends Association Inc. Tasmanian hearings and meetings Devonport, 3 November 1999 Public meeting - notes Secondary students meeting - notes Queenstown, 4 November 1999 Public meeting - notes Secondary students meeting - notes Hobart, 5… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Innes: Special Education Leaders Conference
I'd also like to acknowledge, as I have done at similar conferences previously, what I have owed personally to people in education in NSW. Education with the support of many great education professionals together with support from family and friends to achieve my goals is why I am in the position I hold now. I compare that to the position of many blind and vision impaired people, facing over 80… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
13 June 2024SpeechInaugural CASWA AGM and Statewide Gathering Conference
Working together to build capacity Introduction and acknowledgement Thank you, Aunty Robyn, and Tryse for Welcoming us to your beautiful Country. I pay my respects to the traditional owners of the Noongar Nation of the Wadjak lands on which we meet and gather today, here beside the Derbal Yirigan. I thank your ancestors and elders for their custodianship and stewardship over the generations,… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
3 August 2017Speech
Key Forum on Education, Garma Festival
Garma Festival 2017 June Oscar Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Australian Human Rights Commission Key Forum on Education Friday 4 August 2017 Acknowledgements and Intro [Introduction in Bunuba] Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Yolngu yani u. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi… -
Complaint Information Service3 February 2023Webpage
Fact Sheet: Respect@Work – Changes to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 and the Australian Human Rights Commission Act (December 2022)
On 12 December 2022, the Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 (Cth) (the Act) came into effect. The Act makes important amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (the SDA) and the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (the AHRCA). These changes were recommended by the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission)… -
Sex Discrimination
28 January 2020Publication
Respect@Work: Sexual Harassment National Inquiry Report (2020)
Workplace sexual harassment is prevalent and pervasive: it occurs in every industry, in every location and at every level, in Australian workplaces. -
Commission – General
17 January 2019Media Release
Finalists for 2018 Government Award revealed
Four finalists have been selected from a diverse range of nominations for the 2018 Human Rights Awards’ Government Award. This year marks the first time our Awards recognise Government as a stand-alone category. “There are many Government groups and individuals helping others overcome discrimination and isolation and building tolerance and respect in the community and further afield,” said …