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6 February 2024Conciliation register
2022-10-14
The complainant was employed on a casual basis as a driver for a goods transport company. She alleged that when her partner told the operations manager that she was pregnant, he said words to the effect that "we can't have pregnant chicks working here" and she was not offered any more work. The company denied that the alleged statement was made and said the complainant was not offered work… -
Technology and Human Rights
2 October 2023News story
AI in Banking: A HRIA Tool for Banks
Learn more about the Commission's HRIA Tool: AI in Banking resource to allow banks to use ethical AI which protects human rights. -
Sex Discrimination
9 April 2024Media ReleaseSex Discrimination Commissioner assists Federal Court in Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd case
Today, representatives from the Australian Human Rights Commission, including the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, will attend the hearing of Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd at the Federal Court. Roxanne Tickle was refused access to a social networking app described as being ‘made for women by women’. Ms Tickle alleges that she was refused access because she is a trans woman, and that this… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
24 May 2023News storyUluru Statement anniversary
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO said she’s encouraged by the growing support among Australians for the Uluru Statement from the Heart. On the second anniversary of the Uluru Statement, Commissioner Oscar has recalled how she felt, when she took part in the ceremony to present the Statement to all Australians. “There was a great sense of… -
Complaint Information Service25 January 2024Conciliation register
2022-10-02
The complainant has memory loss. He said he sought to import his mobile phone number with the respondent telecommunications provider to a different provider. He said he was unsuccessful because personal information held by the two providers did not match. The complainant alleged that when he contacted the respondent to address the issue, he was required to answer a number of personal… -
Age Discrimination
16 May 2023SpeechHuman Rights Don't Diminish With Age (2023)
Hon. Dr Kay Patterson AO Age Discrimination Commissioner Speech to Chris Barnard Nursing Agency (CBNA) MACG Grand Cedar, Ashwood VIC, 3 May 2023 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Welcome everyone - I wish to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong people as the traditional owners of the lands from which I speak and pay respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging. I also want to -
Sex Discrimination
13 March 2024Speech
Key challenges and priorities
Learn about the key challenges and priorities for the office of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, particularly in relation to the recent Respect@Work reforms. -
Commission – General
22 March 2024SpeechAALA 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… -
Technology and Human Rights
4 October 2023News story
Ethical AI and Global Governance
Learn more about why the global governance of AI must be ethical and centre on human rights to ensure widespread adoption. -
Age Discrimination
29 September 2023Opinion piece
Reaching across generations brings benefits for everyone
By Commission President and Acting Age Discrimination Commissioner, Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Every year on the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP), the world comes together to celebrate and reflect on the contributions of older people in our communities. This year’s IDOP theme is ‘Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons… -
Technology and Human Rights
25 May 2023Webpage
About Human Rights and Technology
Human Rights-Centred Design and Deployment Too often the technology industry adopts a 'move fast and break things' ethos, pursuing innovation with reckless abandon. Human rights are often overlooked in this race when designing and deploying new and emerging technologies. The Australian Human Rights Commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, seeks to ensure human rights-centred design and deployment of… -
8 April 2022Conciliation register
2020-10-08
The complainant’s son has fragile X syndrome and an intellectual disability and needs assistance when handling money, paying bills and accessing his bank account. The complainant had been assisting her son with his banking at the respondent bank and claimed the bank told her that third-party authorisation would continue after he turned 18. She alleged that when her son turned 18, the bank… -
Business and Human Rights
30 November 2022SpeechExecutive discretion in a time of COVID-19
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have required very quick action by governments. But those responses have also involved significant limitations on people’s rights and freedoms, especially freedom of movement, and implemented through executive power often with limited parliamentary involvement. -
Age Discrimination
13 July 2023Media Release
New research prompts call for aged care to embrace training on ageism
Australia’s Age Discrimination Commissioner has called on organisations providing services to older people to deliver ageism awareness training to their staff, with new research showing it can be highly effective in shifting attitudes. The Australian Human Rights Commission surveyed aged care and community workers before and after undertaking a training session, which covered several topics … -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
15 March 2023Webpage
About Constitutional Recognition
What is the Constitution, what does constitutional recognition mean for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and what has happened to get there? -
Rights and Freedoms
14 March 2024SpeechThe Perils of Independence
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s role in protecting human rights in Australia Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture 2021 Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human Rights Commission Acknowledgements Thank you Matthew McGuire for your welcome to country and Kendra Turner as MC. I am speaking from the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, in the city… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
1 August 2022Speech
Garma Festival
Jalangurru lanygu balangarri. Yaningi Yatharra ngindaji muwayi indirranggu, Gumatj, Yolngu yani U. Galwurruy and your family thank you for hosting us. I pay my respects to all Yolŋu people and the Gumatj people of this land, and all the clan groups of Arnhem land and surrounds. My deepest respects to your elder’s past, present and emerging. A huge congratulations to the Yothu Yindi… -
Disability Rights
22 November 2019SpeechSpeech to National Labor Disability Summit
Dr Ben Gauntlett National Labor Disability Summit Melbourne November 1, 2019 Good disability policy benefits all Australians. When we think of disability policy, it is not “us” and “them”, it is "we", we the people of Australia need good disability policy because it reflects our values of diversity and inclusion. It reflects our human rights obligations and there are critical economic… -
Commission – General
27 July 2023Speech
A new national human rights framework for Australia
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL FRSA FACLM(Hon) delivered this speech at The Annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference on 21 July 2023. Overview The Australian Human Rights Commission is reaching the conclusion of its Free and Equal project, identifying what the national system for protecting human rights should be in Australia. In this keynote, President Croucher… -
Technology and Human Rights
21 September 2023Publication
HRIA Tool: AI in Banking
Learn more about how banks and financial institutions can use AI ethically to protect and promote human rights.