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14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: Chapter 8
Same-sex couples are not eligible for a range of rebates and tax concessions available to opposite-sex couples. This means same-sex couples may end up paying more tax than opposite-sex couples because tax legislation does not recognise their relationship. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechPROMOTING THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: TOWARDS A NEW UN CONVENTION
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney, Australia -
Rights and Freedoms
3 May 2013WebpageRight to an adequate standard of living, including food, water and housing
Discover that under human rights law, all Australians have the right to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their family. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Project
The Overlooked Consumers
A Discussion Paper examining the Access, Challenges and Emerging Possibilities for Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Webpage
Index of Submissions: Discrimination in Employment on the Basic of Criminal Record
The Commission has changed names and details in some submissions posted on the website to protect individuals and organisations from identification. Please note that some submissions made to the Commission are confidential. -
Rights and Freedoms
11 June 2014Speech
The Forgotten Freedoms – Freedom of Religion
It is a great pleasure to deliver a Blackfriars Lecture. A few weeks ago I gave a speech to the Sydney Institute outlining the approach I plan to take to human rights as the Federal Commissioner titled ‘The Forgotten Freedoms’. In this speech I outlined that I have concerns about the key freedoms of expression, worship, association and property rights. Reasserting them will be the focus of my… -
Age Discrimination
18 November 2013SpeechWhitehorse Accessible Communication Forum
Whitehorse City Council 9:30am-11:00am Whitehorse Centre Waratah Room, 397 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading, VIC 3131 Introduction Acknowledge traditional owners – the Wurundjeri people Acknowledge the Mayor of the City of Whitehorse – Cr Sharon Ellis Thank you for inviting me to speak at your Accessible Communication Forum. I congratulate you on choosing this topic. Accessibility is a crucial… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechSite navigation
I was invited to pick my own topic for discussion. As an ex-judge being invited to speak to students of the law, I assumed that I was expected to speak on something related to the administration of the law from a judge's perspective. And as President of Australia's Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), I assumed I was expected to mention the role of human rights promotion in our… -
Disability Rights
29 June 2015Publication
Overlooked Consumers – Australians with Disabilities and Older People
Every day, one in five Australians experiences difficulties or frustrations in performing everyday tasks with everyday things, such as consumer electronics and appliances. As technology develops, an increasing proportion of products are inaccessible to people with a range of different disabilities. These one-in-five Australians are what the author terms the ‘overlooked consumers’. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008: Overview
After 11 years of conservative rule under the Howard Government, that saw Indigenous peoples’ native title rights and interests severely degraded under the Wik 10 Point Plan, the election of the Labor Government raised an opportunity to renew the relationship between the State and Australia’s Indigenous peoples. -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013Webpage
Right to an effective remedy
Learn about how a process called the right to effective remedy can help protect people when their human rights have been violated. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
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This session focuses primarily on relationships between National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI’s) and the Judiciary, but as well touches on their relationship with officers of the executive government such as the Attorney-General. One of the stated aims of this session is to assess how the independent institutions of the judiciary and NHRI’s can mutually and independently strengthen… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 6
The forcible removal of Indigenous children from their families occurred during two periods in Tasmania. The first commenced with the European occupation of Van Dieman's Land (as Tasmania was called until 1856) in 1803 and lasted until the middle of the nineteenth century. The second commenced in the 1930s with the forcible removal of Indigenous children from Cape Barren Island under general… -
Education14 December 2012Webpage
Human Rights Explained: Human Rights Philosophies
Explore diverse human rights philosophies, from natural rights to modern critiques, and understand their historical and cultural contexts. Learn more with this fact sheet. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Chart of Australian Treaty Ratifications as of May 2012 - Human rights at your fingertips - Human rights at your fingertips
Human rights at your fingertips Back to Contents 1 Foreword 2 Chart of Australian Treaty Ratifications as of May 2012 3 Chart of related rights and articles in human rights instruments 4 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 5 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 6 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 7 International Convention on the Elimination of… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageSubmission - 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. -
Sex Discrimination
1 August 2018WebpageAudit 2018
This 2018 AHRC audit examines the state of sexual harassment policies and reporting procedures in Australian universities after the Change the Course report. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2005 : Tom Calma
Mr Calma is an Aboriginal elder from the Kungarakan tribal group and the Iwaidja tribal group whose traditional lands are south west of Darwin and on the Coburg Peninsula in Northern Territory, respectively. He has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector for over 30 years. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission WEBSITE: Healthy Community Projects
CHAMPS is a project for young people aged between 13 and 18 in the Murraylands Region of South Australia. CHAMPS holds youth forums twice each school term informally discussing youth issues in the area. Thirty young people from different cultural and social backgrounds throughout the region make up the forum. Issues like mental health and peer support are discussed. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
2. I was employed from October 2000 to June 2001 by Australasian Correctional Management (ACM) at the Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre (WIRPC) as a Medical Officer.