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14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 4: Cultural safety and security: Tools to address lateral violence - Social Justice Report 2011
Lateral violence is a multilayered, complex problem and because of this our strategies also need to be pitched at different levels. In Chapter 3 I have looked at the big picture, with the human rights framework as our overarching response to lateral violence. In this Chapter I will be taking our strategies to an even more practical level, looking at how we can create environments of cultural… -
Sex Discrimination
27 March 2015SpeechSydney Girls High School – Annual Presentation Day
It is indeed a privilege to be invited to speak to you all at such an important time in many of your lives. In my job I get the opportunity to see and be with people of all walks of life, across all parts of Australia. And it is wonderful to be able to include today in my experiences – it is giving the chance to be with an incredibly talented group of young women, who I hope to see in leadership… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageCinema captioning exemption application: Request for responses to issues raised in submissions
I write to you concerning your application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) for a Temporary Exemption in relation to the provision of captioning and audio description. -
15 July 2014Book page
Chapter 3: How do we keep moving forward? A road map for our future
3.1 Introduction In chapters 1 and 2, I look back over the past 20 years that the Social Justice Commissioner position has been in place and think about the journey and our learning over this time. In this chapter, I want to explore how those lessons can take us forward to chart a confident course into the future and how the realisation of our rights can produce long term sustainable… -
Disability Rights
17 November 2015PublicationInfo and Communications Technology in the A.P.S – the need for change
The low rate of employment of people with disability in the Australian Public Service (APS) is unsatisfactory in terms of the government’s broader objectives, and from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s perspective in terms of the right to work of people with disability. The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) sees the wider use of accessible Information and Communications… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 2009
Submission by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions:the Queen
Apart from the express statutory authority for such intervention it would appear that the non party intervention may only be allowed where the intervener can provide arguments or facts which will contribute to the Court's reaching an informed decision, and where the significance of those arguments or facts is sufficient to outweigh any expense and/or delay which may be caused to the parties by… -
Sex Discrimination
13 March 2024Speech
ITECA Women in Tertiary Education
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL Introduction [Acknowledgement of country] This invitation combines two things I love: talking about leadership to women and tertiary education. I can talk about such things for ever, and I will stick to my brief and my time, and look forward to your questions and whichever way they take us. Starting with reflections on leadership. Leadership I’ve … -
Commission – General
14 July 2014PublicationStrategic Plan 2014-2018
Foreword I am pleased to present the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Strategic Plan for 2014-18. The plan provides a roadmap that guides our key activities over the coming four year period. As an organisation we seek to be innovative and agile in how we continue to improve our operations and ensure maximum benefit for the Australian community. The plan meets the Commission’s new legal … -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Subject Index - Submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament
The Commission seeks to promote and protect human rights through submissions to parliamentary inquiries, government departments and law reform bodies. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Date Index - Submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament and law reform bodies
Submissions to the Parliaments and law reform bodies Date Index On the instructions of the Commission, another function of the Legal Section is to prepare submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament. See below for some of the submissions prepared by the Legal Section and other units in the commission: See also Submissions sorted by committee sorted by subject other submissions 2018 -
Commission – General
23 November 2020Webpage
Common questions about Covid-19
The Australian Human Rights Commission works to help safeguard the human rights of all people in our community. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submissions to parliaments and law reform bodies - Index by Committee
The Commission seeks to promote and protect human rights through submissions to parliamentary inquiries, government departments and law reform bodies. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Chapter 8
These issues highlight some concerns I have with the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (Native Title Act), how it is interpreted by the common law and how the native title system is operating. They seriously impact on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Indigenous peoples. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Employment and Superannuation (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission in its Inquiry into Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Issues Paper - Employment and Superannuation. -
14 December 2012Book page
When the Tide Comes In: Towards Accessible Telecommunications for People with Disabilities in Australia
3.1 Introduction 3.2 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 3.2.1 Introduction 3.2.2 DDA Definitions 3.2.3 DDA Complaints 3.2.4 Intervention in Court Proceedings 3.2.5 DDA Disability Standards 3.2.6 Granting by HREOC of Temporary Exemptions 3.2.7 Action Plans 3.2.8 Conduct of Inquiries by HREOC 3.2.9 Advisory Notes and Guidelines 3.3 Telecommunications Act 1997 3.4 Telecommunications (Consumer… -
Disability Rights
29 September 2016Speech
Equal before the law? How the criminal justice system is failing people with disability
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respect to their elders past and present. I am delighted to be here today to deliver the 2016 Annual Costello Lecture. Last year, the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Professor Gillian Triggs, delivered a lecture on business and human rights, proposing that the corporate world is both a cause and… -
Sex Discrimination
14 December 2012Speech
Effective access to services: What does it mean for sexual assault?
Let me also acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional land of Ngunnawal people. I pay my respects to their elders past and present, and all the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women who have worked so committedly to eliminating sexual assault. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
Disability Rights: Commission Submission 2008
The Australian Human Rights and Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in its Inquiry into the Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 (the Bill). -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Disability discrimination legislation and its implementation (1997)
When I was invited to prepare this paper, Andrew Byrnes encouraged me to concentrate on drawing out strategic thoughts from the Australian experience which might be relevant in Hong Kong , and perhaps in other countries also. That is what I hope to do, rather than spending much time simply reciting that experience or the terms of Australia 's legislation.