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Disability Rights24 July 2025Submission
Next Steps in Supported Employment
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) made a submission to the Department of Social Services’ (DSS) consultation on Next Steps in Supported Employment. The submission calls for a human rights-based approach to employment for people with disability and for the Australian government to take expeditious and targeted actions to transition away from segregated employment settings to… -
Disability Rights24 July 2025Media Release
Disability Discrimination Commissioner urges Qld Govt to scrap plans to build more segregated schools
Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner is calling on the Queensland Government to honour a commitment made by governments across Australia to the development of a National Roadmap for Inclusive Education. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice27 March 2024Media Release
Commissioner June Oscar welcomes Institute funding
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar welcomed the Commonwealth’s funding of the new Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute for First Nations Gender Justice at the Australian National University. The Institute is the first of its kind in the world and will bring together First Nations researchers to develop and design initiatives to improve outcomes for… -
Race Discrimination28 October 2022News story
Race Discrimination Commissioner welcomes National Anti-Racism Strategy funding
Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner has welcomed the federal budget announcement that $7.5 million over 4 years will be provided to the Australian Human Rights Commission to develop a national strategy to tackle racism and promote racial equality in Australia. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice8 May 2019Media Release
Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) funding announcement welcomed
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has welcomed the announcement of new funding for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project. The Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion today announced $1.7 million to support the second stage of the project, as part of the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice28 April 2025Speech
UNPFII Intervention #1 Wednesday 23 April 2025
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Ms Katie Kiss addressed the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues in New York City. This speech addressed financing of Indigenous Peoples’ work and participation across the multilateral and regional system. -
Sex Discrimination25 June 2025Media Release
New report calls for stronger measures to combat sexual harassment
The Australian Human Rights Commission has released a landmark report revealing the systemic barriers faced by people who experience workplace sexual harassment—and outlining urgent reforms needed to drive lasting, meaningful change. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice16 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… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 June 2025Speech
UNPFII Intervention #3 Monday 28 April 2025 Item 5 (d)
Item 5 (d) (continued) Human rights dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; annual review of progress on the implementation of general recommendation No. 39 (2022) -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 June 2025Speech
UNPFII Intervention #2 Friday 25 April 2025 Item 4
Item 4 Discussion on the six mandated areas of the Permanent Forum (economic and social development, culture, environment, education, health and human rights), with reference to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice28 April 2025Speech
UNPFII Panel Presentation Tuesday 22 April 2025
At the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Ms Katie Kiss was part of a panel presentation to discuss the theme “Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing… -
3 April 2025
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