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14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 13
Lots of white kids do get taken away, but that's for a reason - not like us. We just got taken away because we was black kids, I suppose - half-caste kids. If they wouldn't like it, they shouldn't do it to Aboriginal families. Confidential evidence 357, South Australia. -
28 November 2014Book page
Resources
Activity and Resource Sheets Rights Ed Resource sheet: What is discrimination? What is discrimination? Discrimination is when you are treated unfairly or differently from others because of a particular personal characteristic. People may experience discrimination in many areas of their daily life. You may face discrimination: at school, TAFE or University in the place where you work or when… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechCAPTIONED FILMS LAUNCH
A picture paints a thousand words, but most Australians gave up watching silent movies in the first half of the last century. However, for 1.7 million Australians who are Deaf or hearing impaired this is a historic day. For them it marks the beginning of access to the soundtracks of movies - access that most of us have enjoyed for all of our lives. -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendix 4: Expert Panel Terms of Reference - Social Justice Report 2011
The Government has established an expert panel in order to ensure appropriate public discussion and debate about the proposed changes and to provide an opportunity for people to express their views. -
14 December 2012Book page
Executive Summary
Between late 2008 and late 2011, 180 young Indonesians who said that they were children arrived in Australia having worked as crew on boats bringing asylum seekers to Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 1998 : Appendix 1: Letters to the Editor
After watching all the media news on the night of May 26, and all you 'Australians' ... simply refusing to say 'I'm Sorry', I felt ashamed to be an Australian and I would like to clarify the 'Sorry' issue as I understand it. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 3: Remote Indigenous education: Social Justice Report 2008
...education is the engine room of prosperity and helps create a fairer, more productive society. It is the most effective way we know, to build prosperity and spread opportunity...[1] -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
DR OZDOWSKI: I would like to formally open the second day of hearings in Adelaide. This is one of the hearings conducted around Australia for the National Inquiry into Children in Detention. My name is Sev Ozdowski, I'm the Human Rights Commissioner. With me is Mrs Robin Sullivan to my left, who is Queensland Children's Commissioner, and Dr Trang Thomas, on my right, is Professor of Psychology at… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
12 July 2018Speech‘BECAUSE OF HER, WE CAN’ National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Conference
[Introduction in Bunuba] Jalangurru lanygu wiyi yani gurama yani. I want to pay my respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land we meet on today, and to their elders both past and present. What an occasion to speak on. This is our week, our year to celebrate all of who we are. It is a celebration of our existence. Happy NAIDOC week everyone! Because… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
17 April 2013PublicationTell Me About: Bridging Visas for Asylum Seekers
1. What are bridging visas? Bridging visas are temporary visas which allow people to legally reside in the Australian community while they are applying for a longer term visa, appealing a decision relating to their visa, or making arrangements to leave Australia. Bridging visas can be granted to different groups of people, including asylum seekers who are seeking protection as refugees in… -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2008-2009: Chapter 4
Federal human rights and anti-discrimination law provides for the Commission to investigate and resolve complaints of alleged discrimination and breaches of human rights. The Commission’s complaint work is central to its role in protecting and promoting human rights and complements the Commission’s policy and education functions. The Commission’s complaint process provides an… -
14 December 2012Book page
2010 Immigration detention on Christmas Island
This report contains a summary of observations made by the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) during its 2010 visit to the immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageCommission Submission - ON COMMON DIFFICULTIES FACING ABORIGINAL WITNESSES
The communication difficulties that may be faced by Aboriginal people in the legal system have long been recognised.1 In the Queensland context, these have been well documented by Dr Diana Eades 2 and the Criminal Justice Commission (CJC).3 These issues are also dealt with in detail in the Equal Treatment Benchbook of the Supreme Court of Queensland (‘the Queensland Benchbook’)4 and… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Presentation of Victorian Local Government Accessible Communities Awards
Most of you here today would know that it is not trite to say that local government is the closest level of government to our communities, and as such plays a key role in building and reinforcing the fabric of those communities. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Opinion piece
Juvenile justice continues to focus on locking up kids rather than providing services that curb crime (2009)
RECENT announcements notwithstanding, there's no getting around the fact that young people in South Australia are being detained in overcrowded and outdated conditions in breach of Australia's human rights obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Mt Isa Mines
1. I am the Secretary of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) and am duly authorised to make this affidavit. -
Disability Rights
20 February 2014Speech
Launch of Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District Action Plan
Sarah - not her real name - studied law at university. Not only did she earn a good law degree, she won the university medal. She also won competitions for mooting- conducting mock trials for those of you smart enough not to have chosen law as your profession. She could not get a job - or even an interview - with the Australian public service because she has a significant disability, including… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2007 - Recommendations
In accordance with the functions set out in section 46C(1) (a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), this report includes 14 recommendations- 2 in relation to support for building on promising practices in family violence and child abuse and 12 in relation to the Northern Territory intervention. The report also contains 1 follow up action that my office will… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012
The Commission welcomes the introduction of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill that proposes amendments to the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (the Act) and the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workforce Agency (the Agency). -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
In accordance with its supervisory responsibilities and Article 35 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) on its national inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.