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Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012ProjectRural and Remote Education - WA
Rural and Remote Education - WA Submissions Education Department of WA WA Farmers Federation Extracts from submissions Education funding WA hearings and meetings Billiluna, 14 May 1999 Community meeting - notes School meeting - notes Kununurra, 17 May 1999 Public hearing - summary and transcript Community meeting - notes Secondary student meeting - notes Aboriginal women's meeting - notes… -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 06-07: Appendix 2
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements Report of the National Inquiry into the Discrimination against People in Same-Sex Relationships: Financial and Work-Related Entitlements and Benefits (tabled report) -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC - Annual Report 2001 - 2002: Contents
Contents Significant achievements Statement from the President Chapter 1: The Commission Outcomes structure Human rights education and promotion Chapter 2: Complaint Handling Section Chapter 3: Legal Services Chapter 4: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Chapter 5: Disability Rights Chapter 6: Human Rights Chapter 7: Race Discrimination Chapter 8: Sex Discrimination Chapter… -
14 December 2012Book page
Organisational excellence - Annual Report 2011-2012: Australian Human Rights Commission
Over the last year, the Commission has confirmed its strategic focus for the next 3 years. A new Strategic Plan was introduced from 1 July 2011 for the period to 30 June 2014. The 4 strategic goals for the period focus on: -
14 December 2012Book page
Appendices 6 - Annual Report 2011-2012: Australian Human Rights Commission
Appendices Appendix 6 – Submissions 2011-2012 2012 Supplementary information to the Inquiry into Cyber Safety for Senior Australians (10 May 2012) Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (04 May 2012) Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 (12 April 2012) Consideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the… -
14 December 2012Book page
Community Partnerships for Human Rights: What projects are we doing?
In 2006 the Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs endorsed the National Action Plan to Build on Social Cohesion, Harmony and Security. As part of the National Action Plan, the Commission was one of seven Commonwealth agencies funded to undertake a range of projects. -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex : Terms of Reference
1. The President, Mr John William von Doussa QC, and the Human Rights Commissioner, Mr Graeme Gordon Innes AM, will conduct an inquiry (the Inquiry), on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, into laws regarding financial and employment-related entitlements and benefits to consider the impact of those laws on: -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: media kit and fact sheets
Explore the Same-Sex: Same Entitlements media kit and fact sheet, which outline human rights protection in areas like marriage, family law, and employment. -
14 December 2012Book page
Responses to request for comments on possible public inquiry: employment and disability
The following responses have been received to the request for comments issued in August 2004 on a possible public inquiry on issues affecting equal employment opportunity and outcomes for people with disabilities in Australia: -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpagetrams press release
As a result of work by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and a decision by the Victorian government Melbourne trams are going to become accessible for people with disabilities much sooner. Funding arrangements have been brought forward to permit services with new accessible trams to commence in 2002, six years earlier than under previous plans. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Freedom of Information
Any person, which includes persons resident in Australia or abroad, whether or not they are Australian citizens, companies, prisoners or children may make a Freedom of Information request. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2011: Appendix 1: Acknowledgments
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner thanks the following people and organisations for their assistance in preparing the Native Title Report 2011. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012WebpageFormer President - Professor Gillian Triggs
You can learn about Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs, who was the President of the Australian Human Rights Commission from 2012-2017. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Mick Gooda: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Mick Gooda is the Commission's former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. He was a commissioner from early 2010 to August 2016. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
14 December 2012Project
A last resort? report of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (2004)
Explore a report by the Commission in relation to a national inquiry in to children being held in immigration detention. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Former President (2008 - 2012) and Human Rights Commissioner (2009 - 2012)
The Hon Catherine Branson was appointed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission on 7 August 2008 and commenced her five year term on 14 October 2008. On 12 July 2009 she additionally became the Human Rights Commissioner. -
25 February 2014Book page
Secondary Year 7 – Year 10: Math
Learn about human rights examples for the Australian school curriculum for Year 7 - Year 10 high school students studying Maths. -
23 April 2015Book page
Appendix 2: Expense for our outcome
Table 2: Expenses for Outcome 1 Outcome 1 – An Australian society in which human rights are respected, protected and promoted through independent investigation and resolution of complaints, education and research to promote and eliminate discrimination, and monitoring, and reporting on human rights. Budget* 2013–14 $’000 Actual Expenses 2013–14 $’000 Variation 2013-14 $’000 (a) (b) (a)−(b) … -
Legal
29 November 2017Publication
[2017] AusHRC 119
[2017] AusHRC 119 -
Legal
29 November 2017Publication
9 Vietnamese men in immigration detention v Commonwealth of Australia
[2017] AusHRC 118