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Established in 1986, the Australian Human Rights Commission is a statutory organisation that exercises functions under federal laws that govern; age, disability, racial and sex discrimination human rights and equal opportunity and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice.

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On 20 June 2001, the Senate agreed to an order requiring each Minister to table a letter of advice that a list of contracts, in respect of each agency administered by that Minister, has been placed on the Internet, with access to the list through the agency's home page. The letter was to be tabled no later than the 10th day of the spring and autumn sitting each year.

The DDA states (in section 34) that actions that comply with a Disability Standard are protected from being unlawful under the general anti-discrimination provisions of the DDA.

Learn about the different types of discrimination Indigenous Australians may experience in everyday life and how the Commission can help stop it.

The Conciliation Register provides summaries of a selection of complaints that have been resolved through the Australian Human Rights Commission’s conciliation process.

Explore a range of publications created by the Human Rights Commission in relation to making complaints about unlawful discrimination and unfair treatment.

Charter of Service Australian Human Rights Commission National Information Service • Investigation and Conciliation Service Download in Word (133.92 KB) Download in PDF (121.12KB) Table of contents What we do Our service commitment How you can help us Compliments and general suggestions for improvement Raising concerns about our service Our contact information What we do The Australian Human…

The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent third party which investigates complaints about discrimination and human rights breaches. It does not act as an advocate or legal representative for a party to a complaint. The complaint process is simple, free and flexible. Please click on the links below to view the outline of each one of them.

One of the Commission's main roles is to try to resolve complaints made under federal human rights and discrimination law through a process called 'conciliation'

Disability discrimination happens when a person with a disability is treated less favourably than a person without the disability in the same or similar circumstances. For example, it would be ‘direct disability discrimination’ if a nightclub or restaurant refused a person entry because they are blind and have a guide dog.

Learn about the Racial Discrimination Act, which makes it illegal to treat people unfairly due to their race, colour, ethnic origin or immigrant status.

Learn how the Age Discrimination Act makes it illegal to treat a person unfairly due to their age, including younger people and older people.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has three areas of complaints we can investigate and resolve. They are: Claims of unlawful discrimination This includes complaints of discrimination, harassment and bullying based on a person’s: sex, including pregnancy, marital or relationship status (including same-sex de facto couples), breastfeeding, family responsibilities, sexual …