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Sex Discrimination12 January 2019Publication
Have your Say – Conversation Toolkit (2018)
The Commission has developed a toolkit to help interested individuals or groups within Australian workplaces, communities and groups to conduct facilitated conversations to inform the National Inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Anyone can use this toolkit to facilitate a discussion at your workplace, in a community organisation or among a group of friends. -
25 February 2014Book page
Secondary Year 7 – Year 10: Geography
Explore human rights examples for the Australian school curriculum for Year 7 - Year 10 high school students studying the subject of Geography. -
Rights and Freedoms13 May 2022Speech
Whither human rights and freedoms protections in Australia?
As I reflect on the past two years, it is clear that the pandemic has brought a renewed national focus on the importance of centralising considering rights and freedoms during times of crisis — a greater ‘rights consciousness’. -
Children's Rights4 October 2019Media Release
UN calls for national action to protect the rights of children and young people in Australia
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is calling on Australia to prioritise raising the age of criminal responsibility as part of its Concluding Observations on Australia's performance in protecting the country's children and young people. This comes at a time when there is a strong push around the country to improve our responses to juvenile offending and do more to divert children… -
Rights and Freedoms19 August 2016Speech
Tony Blackshield Lecture
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE OVERREACH OF EXECUTIVE DISCRETION: CITIZENSHIP, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND WHISTLEBLOWERS It is a special pleasure for me to speak in honour of Professor Blackshield, who is a long time colleague of mine in the law. He is a constitutional law scholar of the highest order and one of the most influential figures in Australian legal education over the last 50 years. I have two… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1. The Women Barristers' Association ("WBA") makes this submission to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in relation to its national inquiry into children in immigration detention. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Advancing equality in education and beyond
Allow me to begin by acknowledging the people of the Wurundjeri nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and pay my respects to their elders both past and present. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Opportunity knocks
I follow this custom wherever I go to speak in public. I think recognising Australia ' s indigenous peoples and their prior ownership of this land in this way is more than just good manners. It is an important part of recognising our diversity as a nation. -
Age Discrimination5 May 2019Publication
Older Women’s Risk of Homelessness: Background Paper (2019)
This background paper provides context regarding older women’s homelessness. It offers some potential solutions to reduce women’s risk of homelessness with a focus on preventative and innovative approaches that look beyond social and community housing as the answer. -
Sex Discrimination10 October 2019Project
Indigenous Defence Project
Defence has requested the Australian Human Rights Commission to complete a project on the attraction, recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Defence Australian Public Service (Defence APS). -
Rights and Freedoms21 August 2019Project
Freedom of Religion
For over 20 years now, the Commission has advocated for more comprehensive legal protection in Australia for freedom of thought, conscience and religion. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
melbourne trams exemption information sheet
On 6 November 1998 the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission received an application by the Victorian Public Transport Corporation and others for an exemption from sections 23 and 24 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. Section 23 of the Act relates to access to premises. Section 24 of the Act relates to goods, services and facilities (including public transport). -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice and Native Title Report 2007 Community Guide
In my role as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner I am required to produce two annual reports on Indigenous human rights issues – the Social Justice Report and the Native Title Report. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
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Acknowledgment of where we stand and where we are is, it seems to me, an essential precondition to good decisions about where we want to go, and how we might get there. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice24 April 2019Speech
National Mediation Conference 2019
Jalangurru lanygu balangarri. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Nambiri, Ngunnawal yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngirranggu thangani. Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda. Good day everyone. I acknowledge the traditional owners, Nambiri and Ngunnawal… -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: Glossary
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Report back to Contents Glossary Term Explanation adoptive parent A person who has legally adopted a child. ART assisted reproductive technology. ART child A child conceived through ART. assisted reproductive technology Conception other than through intercourse, including in vitro fertilisation, clinically-assisted donor insemination and self-insemination. birth… -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Information for people and organisations responding to complaints - Unlawful Discrimination
Explore resources about responding to unlawful discrimination complaints, including conciliation and what happens if the complaint is not resolved. -
26 March 2014Book page
Chapter 6: Principle 3: Increasing numbers requires increasing opportunities
Key findings of ADF Review The ADF Review found that the ADF’s talent pool was narrowing, while competition for workers had intensified. To enhance capability and operational effectiveness, the ADF Review found that the ADF must draw on a broader talent pool, of which women were a critical part. The ADF Review found that: There had only been a one percent increase in the recruitment of women… -
Commission – General9 December 2013Webpage
2013 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners
Human Rights Medal 2013 winner Sister Clare Condon Human Rights Medal Sister Clare CondonSister Clare Condon is the Congregational Leader of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of St Benedict. Sister Clare has been with the Sisters of the Good Samaritan for about 40 years. Under her leadership, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan have helped provide emergency housing for women and -
Disability Rights3 August 2016Publication
Access for all: Improving accessibility for consumers with disability
Introduction This resource provides practical tips for businesses on improving access to goods, services, facilities, premises and information for consumers with disability. Following these tips will not only reduce the likelihood of discrimination complaints against your business, but will also increase your access to the market, and benefit the community, through greater economic…
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