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25 March 2025Conciliation register
2024-09-06
The complainant has a physical disability. She alleged parking in accessible parking spaces at the respondent hospital was limited to 60 minutes and this did not provide her with sufficient time to use the hospital’s services. On being advised of the complaint, the hospital indicated a willingness to try to resolve the complaint by conciliation. The complaint was resolved with an undertaking… -
25 March 2025Conciliation register
2024-09-05
The complainant’s son is five years of age and has Attention Deficit Disorder with aspects of Oppositional Defiance Disorder. She alleged her son’s primary school and its principal did not accommodate her son’s disability, singled him out in the classroom, excluded him from classroom activities, and suspended him because of behaviour associated with his disability. The school denied… -
25 March 2025Conciliation register
2024-09-04
The complainant was employed as a store person at the respondent automotive warehouse and developed osteoarthritis in her knee. She alleged that the warehouse failed to make reasonable adjustments for her while she waited for surgery, subjected her to additional and unnecessary medical assessments, and terminated her employment before the surgery took place. The warehouse claimed that the -
25 March 2025Conciliation register
2024-09-03
The complainant alleged the respondent airline refused to carry his assistance animal because relevant documentation provided was not sufficient. The airline acknowledged the complainant provided relevant documentation relating to the assistance animal’s training and role in alleviating the effects of his disability, but did not provide documentation showing the assistance animal met the… -
25 March 2025Conciliation register
2024-09-02
The complainant is 42 years of age and applied for a job with the respondent recruitment agency. He alleged he was asked his age and informed the agency was recruiting applicants aged 20 to 35 years of age. The complainant said he was offered an interview after raising concerns about this practice. He said the same time slot was allocated for three applicants and he left after waiting for… -
25 March 2025Conciliation register
2024-09-01
The complainant is 58 years of age. She alleged the respondent hostel required her to cancel her booking of a shared room with bunk beds once made aware of her age. The complainant said she advised the hostel she had no disability that would impair her ability to use a bunk bed. The hostel said it no longer blocked guests from using shared rooms with bunk beds on the basis of age. The hostel… -
Rights and Freedoms
11 March 2025VideoCommission launches COVID-19 pandemic response report
The Commission has released a major new report about the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlights how critical gaps in the emergency response could be improved upon in future crises. -
Rights and Freedoms
7 March 2025Webpage
Australia’s Fourth Universal Periodic Review
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a peer-review dialogue undertaken by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and all 192 Member States of the UN -
Sex Discrimination
7 March 2025WebpageWhere to seek help if you've experienced workplace sexual harassment
Find out what options are available to you to seek help if you have experienced workplace sexual harassment depending on your individual circumstances. -
Commission - General
4 March 2025E-bulletin (Monthly)President's message | March 2025
We must work together to address the scourge of racism. The Director-General of ASIO, Mike Burgess, said in Parliament last week that “in terms of threats to life” antisemitism is ASIO’s top priority. He said he believed it was the first time a form of racism was the agency’s highest priority. The assessment underscored the intensification and severity of the attacks against the Jewish…