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14 December 2012Book page
Appendix 4 Hearings and visits
On 26 and 27 April 2012, two members of the staff of the Australian Human Rights Commission visited Albany Regional Prison and Pardelup Prison Farm for the purposes of this Inquiry. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2007: Downloads
Social Justice Report 2007 Back to Contents Downloads in PDF Download the full report (9.24 MB) Chapters Social Justice Report 2007 Book Cover (512 KB) About the report & Credits (876 KB) Recommendations (146 KB) Chapter 1: Introduction (117 KB) Chapter 2: Indigenous communities dealing with family violence and abuse: recognising 'promising practice' and learning from achievements (11.86… -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendix C: How to talk about mental illness
First and foremost people with mental illness are people and therefore it is important to use 'people first' language when referring to a person with a mental illness. -
14 December 2012Book page
Body Corporate responsibilities in relation to the Disability Discrimination Act
Commissioner Innes recently received a request for his opinion on the responsibilities of a Body Corporate of a Class 2 building (apartment block) in relation to the DDA. The reply has been posted here for the information of other people and organisations interested. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012WebpageOvercoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report 2005
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the country on which we speak other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the room, representatives of the Productivity Commission, Reconciliation Australia and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission invited guests and other speakers. -
Race Discrimination
9 April 2018PublicationLeading for Change: A Blueprint for Cultural Diversity and Inclusive Leadership Revisited (2018)
Australia is widely celebrated as a multicultural triumph, but any such success remains incomplete. There remains significant underrepresentation of cultural diversity in the senior leadership of Australian organisations. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageTemporary Exemption Application -Catholic Education Office
Click here to return to: Notice of inquiry: Application for exemption under Sex Discrimination Act section 44: Catholic Education Office Scholarships for Male Trainee Teachers -
27 January 2015Book page
2 Introduction
2.1 What is Workplace Diversity? The term diversity refers to what makes us different. It covers gender, age, language, disability, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation and religious belief. Diversity also refers to our many other differences in education, work experience, occupation, socio-economic background, marital status and whether or not we have family and carer -
14 December 2012Book page
Ismaع - Listen: Independent Research
In June 2003, the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) engaged the Centre for Cultural Research (CCR) at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) to investigate Australian Arabs' and Muslims' experiences of post-September 11 racism, the extent to which these experiences were going unreported and the reasons for this. The CCR team was charged with addressing the following questions: -
4 April 2016Webpage
Domestic Violence and the Workplace: Employee, employer and union resources (2012)
2012 This information is designed to assist workplaces and unions to introduce domestic violence workplace entitlements in an informed and supportive environment. The information provided was designed to be used in conjunction with training delivered by the Domestic Violence Workplace Rights and Entitlements Project. For the full package please see: http://www.csu.edu.au/division/hr/equity … -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
DR OZDOWSKI: My name is Dr Ozdowski and I am the Human Rights Commissioner and we are conducting an Inquiry into Children in Detention. To my left is Mrs Robin Sullivan who is Assistant Commissioner for the Inquiry and in her other life, she is Queensland Children's Commissioner and to my right is Professor Trang Thomas, Professor of Psychology at the Melbourne Institute of Technology and she is… -
14 December 2012Book page
Dinka - African Australians translations -
back to African Australian translations Dinka - Summary Guide translations In our own words: African Australians: A review of human rights and social inclusion issues 2010 Download PDF Download Word Audio files Complete audio File 1 File 2 File 3 File 4 File 5 File 6 File 7 File 8 File 9 File 10 File 11 -
14 December 2012Book page
Kirundi - African Australians translations -
back to African Australian translations Kirundi - Summary Guide translations In our own words: African Australians: A review of human rights and social inclusion issues 2010 Download PDF Download Word Audio files Complete audio File 1 File 2 File 3 File 4 File 5 File 6 File 7 File 8 File 9 File 10 File 11 -
14 December 2012Book page
Krio - African Australians translations -
back to African Australian translations Krio - Summary Guide translations In our own words: African Australians: A review of human rights and social inclusion issues 2010 Download PDF Download Word Audio files Complete audio File 1 File 2 File 3 File 4 File 5 File 6 File 7 File 8 File 9 File 10 File 11 -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: Abbreviations
Review of the Employer Incentives Strategy: Department of Family and Community Services Improving Employment Opportunities for People with a Disability, Report of the Review of the Employer Incentives Strategy , March 2003 -
11 February 2014Book page
2 The case for change
2.1 Indicators for change In Australia, 45 per cent of people with disabilities live in poverty or near poverty. This situation has worsened since the mid-1990s. Employment rates for people with disabilities have been decreasing and so too have educational outcomes. [4] Women and girls with disability experience violence at significantly higher rates, more frequently, for longer, in more… -
Sex Discrimination
29 January 2013WebpageSubmissions for Phase One: Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force Academy
Written submissions sought in Phase One related to the following aspects of the project Terms of Reference: The treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) with a particular focus on the adequacy and appropriateness of measures to: promote gender equality, ensure women’s safety, and to address and prevent sexual harassment and abuse, and sex discrimination, and… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 22
Adoption is the transfer, generally by order of a court, of all parental rights and obligations from the natural parent(s) to the adoptive parent(s). In Australia, legal adoption is relatively recent. It was first introduced in 1928 in Victoria, for example. Until very recently adoption involved near-total secrecy, partly in deference to the desire of adoptive parents to present the child as… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Decision on cinema captioning temporary exemption application
The Commission has considered the application from Hoyts Corporation, Greater Union Organisation, Village Cinemas and Reading Cinemas for temporary exemption under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ( the DDA) in relation to the provision of captions and audio description in cinemas operated by the applicants. -
29 January 2013Book page
Transmittal Letter
21 October 2011The Hon Robert McClelland MPAttorney-GeneralCentral Office3-5 National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600 Dear Attorney, Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian Defence Force – Phase 1 I am pleased to present to you the Commission’s report of the Review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy. This Report represents the first stage of a broader…