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14 December 2012Book page
Constitution reform: links for further reading
Expert Panel www.youmeunity.org.au Reconciliation Australia www.reconciliation.org.au Australian Human Rights Commission www.humanrights.gov.au ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Close the Gap: Indigenous Health Equality Summit - Statement of Intent
Our challenge for the future is to embrace a new partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The core of this partnership for the future is closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on life expectancy, educational achievement and employment opportunities. -
14 December 2012Book page
Close The Gap Community Guide
The poor health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is no secret – and something can be done about it. Since 2006, Australia’s peak Indigenous and non- Indigenous health bodies, NGOs and human rights organisations have worked together to secure the support of Australian governments for a human rights based approach to achieving health and life expectation equality for Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is known as the Close the Gap Campaign. -
Rights and Freedoms
1 July 2020News story
More protections needed for people of faith
A new position paper examines the prevalence and effects of serious harms experienced by religious communities inside Australia. Developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in partnership with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC), Freedom of religion in Australia: a focus on serious harms examines existing research and draws on first-person accounts ... -
Sex Discrimination
1 July 2020Opinion pieceSexual harassment is prevalent across all industries and sectors. We can and must stop it
My inquiry has highlighted that it has been ignored for too long. There are simple ways Australians can drive change. Conditions are ripe for Australian to change our response to, and prevention of, sexual harassment. As Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner, I spent 18 months conducting Respect@Work, a world-first national inquiry into sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. My report ... -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
2 July 2020Opinion pieceBlanket bans would be unacceptable
During lockdown, many of us – myself included – have become even more reliant on our mobile phones. They have kept us in contact with parents, children and grandchildren, our colleagues and friends during this difficult time. When my two-year old first saw his grandmother on a smartphone, he squealed with delight. It wasn’t quite the same as being together — he pawed at the screen to try to touch ... -
Rights and Freedoms
3 July 2020Submission
Inquiry into the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020
The Bill would amend the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO’s) compulsory questioning powers under the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 (Cth) (ASIO Act). -
Commission – General
6 July 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)Community update: COVID-19 (July 2020)
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Rights and Freedoms
9 July 2020News story
Commission warns of ASIO Bill overreach
The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for a redraft of a new Bill to amend ASIO’s powers. The Commission raised wide-ranging human rights concerns in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security inquiry into the effectiveness of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020. The Bill contains a number of changes to the current ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation - A human rights based approach
Improving the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a longstanding challenge for governments in Australia. While there have been improvements made in some areas since the 1970s (notably in reducing high rates of infant mortality1) overall progress has been slow and inconsistent. The inequality gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians remains wide and has not been progressively reduced. -
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
16 July 2020Media Release
Commission concerned for detainees during COVID
The Australian Human Rights Commission has repeated its call for people in Australian immigration detention facilities who do not pose a security risk to the community to be released to community detention. In March 2020, the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) and the Australian College of Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) warned that overcrowded conditions in detention ...