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Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Hot topics index
Hot Topics is a new feature that provides assistance in locating significant reports and publications, fact sheets and education materials regarding work the Australian Human Rights Commission has undertaken. -
Employers29 April 2016Speech
HR Leaders Forum
Rights and Responsibilities: Creating Better Workplaces for all Australians -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Keynote address to VIEW Clubs of Australia
Good morning. I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna people, the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and pay my respect to their elders past and present. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Appendix 3
For the `better protection and care of the aboriginal and half-caste inhabitants of the colony' and `for restricting the sale and distribution of opium'. Established positions of regional Protectors and later Chief Protector. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice24 July 2024Webpage
Informing the Agenda Project - About the Project (Participant Information Sheet)
Project Overview / Privacy Collection Statement The Australian Human Rights Commission invites you to contribute to the Informing the Agenda Project. 1. What is the Project about? The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner is inviting surveys and submissions as well as engaging in face-to-face and two online engagements to contribute to the Informing the Agenda Project ( Project ). The ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice8 July 2019Speech
Maranguka Education, Employment and Training Community Summit
Acknowledgements Jalangurru lanygu balangarri. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Ngemba yani U. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani. Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda. Good day everyone. I acknowledge the traditional owners, the Ngemba peoples, of the land we meet on today. This is the first time the ears of this land hears my language. Let ... -
Rights and Freedoms31 July 2019Speech
Free and Equal: A National Reform Agenda for Human Rights in Australia for the next decade
Commission President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM addressed the Castan Centre human rights conference on July 26. The topic was ‘Free and Equal’: A National Reform Agenda for Human Rights in Australia for the next decade. Thank you to the Castan Centre, and its Director, Professor Sarah Joseph, for inviting me to speak. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the ... -
Commission – General10 November 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)
November ebulletin
Welcoming our new Children's Commissioner, Anne Hollonds Anne Hollonds commences her role as Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner today. Anne brings with her a wealth of experience as an advocate for children and young people. She has worked as the CEO of Relationships Australia, the Benevolent Society and – most recently – the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The Commission warmly ... -
Children's Rights11 December 2019Speech
2019 Human Rights Day Oration
The Hon Peter McClellan AM QC 10 December 2019 I recently visited the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima. It is a confronting but moving experience. It is a memorial to the people the allies believed it necessary to kill to win the war. They were also intent on emphasising to the world that they had the most powerful weapon ever invented. They chose to detonate the bomb in an urban area rather than ... -
13 November 2014Book page
About the Commission - Annual Report 2013-14
Our vision Human rights: everyone, everywhere, everyday Our role The role of the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is to see that human rights and fundamental freedoms are understood and respected in law, policy and practice. The Commission is independent from government, with a legislative mandate, and recognised internationally as an ‘A status’ national human rights institution ... -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Futures: Victorian Rural Health Forum: Chris Sidoti (1999)
I am pleased to be participating in the opening of the Futures Victorian Rural Health Forum. I would also like to thank Neil Roxburgh and the Country AIDS Network (CAN) for inviting me to speak. -
Disability Rights13 January 2016Opinion piece
Time to regulate housing accessibility
With the scale, complexity and massive costs of recent reforms in disability services and aged care, we need constant monitoring and patience as the changes are put into place. According to what I hear and see this is all happening pretty well, in general. There is however a big shortcoming, a gap that could undermine the potential success of both the NDIS and the Aged Care programs. Both of these ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice30 April 2014Webpage
Close the Gap Campaign Submission on Part IIA of the RDA
Read the submission by the Close the Gap Steering Committee about proposed freedom of speech amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act. -
Children's Rights7 June 2024Webpage
Impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline (2020)
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14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This submission aims to highlight a number of issues for children in immigration detention arising from the Department of Human Services' (DHS) involvement in child protection, health service provision to children and their families, settlement support and care of unattached minors. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Publication
Annual Report 2007-2008: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
As a record, the Annual Report of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is a testament to the vital role that our Commissioners and staff play in promoting and protecting human rights. In that light, the 2007-08 reporting period has seen a number of significant national developments in Australia that have provided high profile validation for these efforts. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
DIALOGUE AUSTRALASIA NETWORK NATIONAL CONFERENCE
I would like to open today by reading you part of an e-mail that a work colleague of mine received recently from a young Australian woman in her early twenties, who recently completed her Bachelor of Communications degree from UTS in Sydney. As it happens she also holds Polish citizenship and is currently visiting her grandparents in Warsaw. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This submission is made on behalf of the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office (ACMRO). It addresses some of the terms of reference of the Inquiry. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Opinion piece
Mental health problem is clear, so is the solution (2005)
THE LAUNCH this week of a new report on Australia 's crumbling mental health system repeats the message that mental health consumers, their carers and their clinicians have been shouting out for years - Australia 's mental health system is in crisis. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Graham story
I was adopted as a baby by a white European couple. They were married at the time. They couldn't have children and they'd seen the ads about adoption and were keen to adopt children.
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