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14 December 2012WebpageSubmission: Australia's Future Tax System (Retirement Income System) (2009)
Australia's Future Tax System (Retirement Income System) Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Review Panel on Australia's Future Tax System 27 February 2009 Download PDF Download Word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 3.1 Remove Barriers to Women’s Workforce Participation 3.2 Increase life-time earnings for women by reducing the gender pay gap 3.3… -
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12 June 2020Webpage
Information for Commission Suppliers - modern slavery and human rights
On this page are resources for our suppliers about: the issue of modern slavery in global supply chains Australia’s new Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) our Responsible Sourcing Policy and what is means for our suppliers Factsheet for Suppliers The Modern Slavery Act and your business The purpose of this Factsheet is to raise awareness amongst suppliers to the Australian Human Rights Commission… -
14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Chapter 4
4.1 Introduction 4.2 The key issues 4.3 Workplace relations framework 4.4 Recognising the relationship between paid work and caring work 4.5 Certainty and flexibility in the workplace 4.6 Structural change to support gender and carer equality 4.7 The need for expanded legal rights 4.8 Workplace culture and use of family-friendly policies 4.9 A life cycle approach to work and a universal approach… -
14 December 2012Book page
3 Theme One - Economic Independence for Women: Listening Tour Report
I'm a mother who has been out of the paid workforce for two years and will probably be for the next 4 years, until my children are ready for pre-school. My return to work will probably be on a part-time basis and I will probably have to re-start my career after so many years out so I don't expect that I will earn very much. I never thought this would be the case - I studied for many years, earned… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Submission - Impact of organised crime (2007)
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission President The Hon. John von Doussa, QC 27 February 2007 Dr Jacqueline Dewar Committee Secretary Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 BY EMAIL: acc.committee@aph.gov.au Dear Dr Dewar Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian society Thank you for your … -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian society
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission President The Hon. John von Doussa, QC 27 February 2007 Dr Jacqueline Dewar Committee Secretary Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 BY EMAIL: acc.committee@aph.gov.au Dear Dr Dewar Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian society Thank you for your … -
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19 August 2013Submission
Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 1 Introduction This submission is made by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s national human rights institution. It outlines a number of issues that the Commission suggests should be considered by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it develops… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 14
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Report Bringing them Home Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families April 1997 back to content page / previous chapter / next chapter Part 4 Reparation Chapter 13 Grounds for Reparation Chapter 14 Making Reparation Chapter 14 Making Reparation Acknowledgment and… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
National Human Rights Consultation - Appendix 2
Back to Table of Contents Appendix 2 – Further specific measures that would better protect human rights in Australia Appendix 2: Further specific measures that would better protect human rights in Australia Contents 1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 2 Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants 3 People trafficking 4 Counter-terrorism legislation 5 Gender equality 6 Gay, lesbian,… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Human rights at your fingertips - Human rights at your fingertips
Recalling the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations which recognize the inherent dignity and worth and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,