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14 July 2015WebpageEmployees and Personal Leave
Understand your rights to personal leave under anti-discrimination laws, ensuring fair treatment regardless of sex, pregnancy, or family duties. -
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14 December 2012WebpageInquiry into International Student Accommodation in New South Wales (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to submit comments to the Social Policy Committee of the NSW Legislative Assembly in its Inquiry into International Student Accommodation in New South Wales. The Commission is established by the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) and is Australia’s national human rights institution. -
14 December 2012Book page
2 Biomedical markers and the assessment of chronological age
Since 2001, the primary method of assessing whether an individual is under the age of 18 years in the context of criminal proceedings in Australia has been through the analysis of an x-ray of the young person’s wrist. As this Inquiry is considering the treatment of young Indonesian males suspected of people smuggling who say that they are children, it is important to consider the… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to National Human Rights Consultation (2009)
National Human Rights Consultation Australian Human Rights Commission Submission June 2009 Download Complete Submission and Appendices PDF [1.7 MB] Download in word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations PART A: Which human rights should be protected and promoted in Australia? 4 Introduction 5 What are human rights? 5.1 Human rights are core human values 5.2 Human… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 15
Nunga baby taken away `Where's my mama' hear him say `You takin' me to Goonyaland?' Carried and fed by white man's hand Growing up different Never knowing Aunts and uncles, cousins growing Mama cries - Government pays Children lost to city ways -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2002: Implications of Miriuwung Gajerrong & Wilson v Anderson
The reasoning of the High Court in Wilson v Anderson [1] and Miriuwung Gajerrong [2] provides a comprehensive analysis of the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) (‘NTA’). It is detailed and legally complex. In discussing NSW crown land legislation, Justice Kirby made the following observation about the NTA and the native title system: -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Information concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) (2010)
What is ICERD and CERD? Information concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the ICERD Committee 8 July 2010 Download PDF [530 KB] Download Word [710 KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 The Australian Human Rights Framework 3 The Social Inclusion Agenda as a… -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Khafaji
IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRY A 253 of 2003 SHDB Appellant PHILLIPPA GOODWIN First Respondent JULIE HELEN KEENAN Second Respondent MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION, MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Third Respondent ATTORNEY-GENERAL (CTH) Intervener A 254 of 2003 MINISTER FOR IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURAL AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS Appellant ABBAS MOHAMMAD HASAN AL… -
Sex Discrimination
23 February 2017Publication
A Conversation in Gender Equality (2017)
In the second half of 2016, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins travelled to every state and territory to learn about Australia’s progress towards gender equality. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 06-07: Chapter 6 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
I have spent a lot of time this past year convincing people from all walks of life that the challenges facing Indigenous peoples in this country are not insurmountable.