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Commission - General
31 August 2024Publication
Corporate Plan 2024-2025
Discover the corporate plan for 2024-2025. -
Legal
1 February 2024SubmissionCosts Protection Bill
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in relation to its inquiry into the Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
1 November 2022News storyStatement of condolence for Cassius Turvey's family and community
We are deeply saddened by the death of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey last week in Perth. As this matter is before the courts, it would not be appropriate for us to make comment on the circumstances surrounding Cassius’s passing. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
18 June 2019Speech
The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference Opening
Jalangurru maningarri, ngarragi yani. Wadi jalangurru yathanggirragi. I would like to acknowledge the Larrakia Nation, the Traditional Custodians of this Land. I would also like to pay my deep respects to the Elders - past, present and the generations yet to come - and to extend this respect to other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians present and Indigenous brothers and… -
Commission - General
23 August 2024Speech
Melbourne Holocaust Museum Launch of "Critical Thinking is Critical”
Human rights are the key to creating the kind of society we all want to live in. The values at the heart of the work of this museum – humanity, kindness and fairness – are human rights values. A speech by Hugh de Krester. -
Sex Discrimination
23 August 2024Media ReleaseSex Discrimination Commissioner comments on Federal Court judgment in Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd
Federal Court handed down judgement that Roxanne Tickle was discriminated against when she was refused access to a social media app, ‘made for women by women’. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
2 August 2023Webpage
The history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples advocating for the right to be heard
There is a long history of First Nations people advocating for the right to representation and participation in decisions that affect them. The events listed are a selection of moments in history when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have taken action to call for large-scale change by Australian governments to realise their Indigenous rights, demonstrating the history leading to the… -
Commission - General
22 March 2024Speech
AALA Harmony Day and IWD
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL Acknowledgements [Thank you to Clayton Utz and to Dora Cheung, AALA] Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay my respect to Elders, past, present and emerging. I was invited to this event to celebrate Harmony Day, and also to connect the recent celebration… -
Race Discrimination
12 July 2022Project
Racism. It Stops With Me campaign relaunch
Racism. It Stops With Me is a national campaign that provides tools and resources to help people and organisations learn about racism and take action to create change. -
Commission - General
10 January 2024Video
Australia's human rights progress
Australia is widely considered the land of the "fair go". And while that may ring true for many people, not all in our country are yet afforded the dignity and basic rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As the final episode in our series commemorating the Declaration’s 75th anniversary explores, its promise in Australia remains a “work in progress”. Learn more about…