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Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Opinion pieceBill of rights is essential to best serve human rights (2008)
Click here to return to the Articles and Opinion Pieces Index Bill of rights is essential to best serve human rights Author: President John von Doussa Published: The Sydney Morning Herald, Page 15 (Thursday 9 October 2008) and On Line Opinion (Wednesday 15 October 2008) Five years ago I began my term as the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, confident in the ability of the… -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Information for people and organisations responding to complaints - Unlawful Discrimination
Information for people and organisations responding to complaints Unlawful Discrimination Download in PDF Download in Word Table of contents What does the Commission do? What happens when the Commission receives a complaint? What is conciliation? What happens if the complaint is not resolved? What if I have more questions? National Information Service What does the Commission do? Federal… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageInquiry into the administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958
Mr Owen Walsh Secretary Legal and Constitutional Committee Australian Senate Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 8 August 2005 Dear Chair Inquiry into the administration and operation of the Migration Act 1958 – HREOC Submission Thank you for inviting the Commission to make a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee's Inquiry into the administration and operation… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Fiona story
1936 it was. I would have been five. We went visiting Ernabella the day the police came. Our great-uncle Sid was leasing Ernabella from the government at that time so we went there. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Book pageHREOC Report No.32
Learn about Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Report No. 32. -
Rights and Freedoms
19 July 2013Webpage
Common law rights, human rights scrutiny and the rule of law
Common law rights, human rights scrutiny and the rule of law Australia is unusual among common law countries in not having a Constitutional Charter or Bill of Rights. However, common law courts have power to provide significant protection of human rights principles including the rule of law, except where legislation specifically overrides this power. Parliament presumed not to intend to… -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submission - NAAV
1. The key concept underlying the Commission's submissions is the proposition that the Australian legal system recognises, in various ways, an obligation to provide an effective remedy to persons present in this country whose interests have been adversely affected by a decision of an officer of the Commonwealth, where the decision is otherwise than in accordance with law. In this case, the need… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Webpage
Reparations and Reconciliation - A Perspective from the Churches
The NCCA comprises fifteen Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. The Council is not a "superchurch," with authority over its member churches. I can tell you what I believe the churches are thinking and doing. I can advise them as to what they ought to be thinking and doing. But I cannot command them. Each church is autonomous, making decisions according to its own… -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Information for people making complaints
Information for people making complaints Unlawful Discrimination Table of contents What does the Commission do? What happens when the Commission receives a complaint? What is conciliation? What happens if the complaint is not resolved? What if I have more questions? National Information Service What does the Commission do? Federal anti-discrimination law says that people can make complaints… -
Sex Discrimination
8 December 2022SpeechNational Press Club Address: Changing Laws, Changing Behaviours, Changing Lives
Speech by Australia's National Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, to the National Press Club on 30 November, 2022.