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Race Discrimination
27 October 2022SpeechDisability Royal Commission: Race Discrimination Commissioner
Statement by Chin Tan relating to barriers by people with disability of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds -
Commission – General
14 December 2012PublicationAnnual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
I have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report of the Australian Human Rights Commission for the period ending 30 June 2010. The report has been prepared pursuant to section 45 of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 and in accordance with the requirements of section 70 of the Public Service Act 1999. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Cyberbullying
If you are being bullied and need support, it is important that you read this factsheet and go to the Get Help section. If you know or see someone being bullied go to the Supportive Bystander FactSheet to find out how to help them. Cyberbullying is bullying that is done through the use of technology. For example, using the Internet, a mobile phone or a camera to hurt or embarrass someone is considered cyberbullying. It can be shared widely with a lot of people quickly, which is why it is so dangerous and hurtful. -
14 December 2012Book page
5 Theme Three - Freedom from discrimination - Listening Tour Report
I believe sexual harassment in the workplace is still very prevalent but its victims remain silent. Most women have experienced some form of harassment in their jobs. However most women will refuse to report it or speak out against their bosses for fear of retribution. I have just been through [six] years of trying to seek some justice in my male dominated place of work. The sexual harassment that I was subjected to was nothing compared to the victimisation that took place after I rejected my boss and eventually complained about him to higher management. -
26 March 2014Book page
Schedule A: Summary of ADFA’s list of 44 outstanding actions from the ADFA Audit Report
<ol> <li>Provide outcomes of the Establishment Review.</li> <li>Promote awareness of the Review and changes introduced in response.</li> <li>Recommendation 3 – provide evidence of effectiveness of Communications Plan.</li> <li>Recommendation 3 – draft a statement on ADFA’s role and purpose and place on website.</li> <li>More consistent communication within the RIT.</li> <li>Recommendation 3 – making the unique value of the tri-Service environment explicit.</li></ol> -
14 December 2012Book page
Privacy - National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
(1) For the purpose of the performance of its functions, the Commission may make an examination or hold an inquiry in such manner as it thinks fit and, in informing itself in the course of an examination or inquiry, is not bound by the rules of evidence. -
Sex Discrimination
14 July 2015WebpageContact Us
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012SpeechCitizens Inside: Dr W Jonas AM (2000)
This morning about 20,000 Australians woke up in a prison cell. What will their day bring? Most of you know far more about that than I do and that is precisely why we have called upon your expertise for today's workshop. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech“Access to the arts: Being Discriminating rather than Discriminatory"
Take a piece of canvas, some chicken wire, paint and plastic, and put them together so that they resemble a potato cooked in its jacket. Mount the whole thing on a block of wood, add a label that says "baked potato with butter" and what have you got? You've got a famous example of Pop Art. The collector who bought it is alleged to have remarked, "pop is the art of today, tomorrow and all the future". Human nature being what it is, I imagine they said much the same thing after they'd put the final touches to those prehistoric cave paintings. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Making rights relevant
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. Whilst planning this speech, I was thinking that it was a long time since the first time that I addressed an NDS (then Acrod) conference. I was asked to give the Kenneth Jenkins memorial oration at the Acrod conference in the early 80s, as the first President of DPI Australia. The speech then was just the type that you would expect from the head of an advocacy organisation finding its feet, to the conference of the service provision organisation. It was brash, assertive and demanding. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
National Local Roads and Transport Congress
Read a speech that highlights the importance of transport that is inclusive of people with disabilities so they can participate in all aspects of life. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Address to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Annual Conference
A little over a month ago, I started as the new President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, ending my time as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
How Local Communities can Address Issues of Disability
In my presentation today I want to focus on the Commission's work with Local Government and the effect the Disability Discrimination Act has had on how they go about their business. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageVillawood
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works (the PWC) on the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre Redevelopment Project. -
28 November 2014Book page
Resources
<h2><strong style="font-size: 1.385em; line-height: 1.538em;">Activity and Resource Sheets</strong></h2> <h3><strong><a name="sheet1"></a>Rights Ed Resource sheet: What is discrimination? </strong></h3> <h4><a name="Heading309"></a><strong><em>What is discrimination?</em></strong></h4> <p>Discrimination is when you are treated unfairly or differently from others because of a particular personal characteristic. People may experience discrimination in many areas of their daily life.<br><br> <br><br> <strong>You may face discrimination...</strong></p> -
14 December 2012Book page
bus stops and disability standards for accessible public transport
I have been asked by a number of organisations to provide my views on this matter and intend to publish this response on the Commission's website for the information of others. -
Sex Discrimination
16 October 2017Opinion piece
Not just Hollywood problem: 1 in 4 Australian women have been sexually harassed at work
<p>Over the past year, I have spoken with many women who have told me their personal accounts of being harassed in the workplace.</p> <p>I spoke to one hospital worker who was sexually harassed by a male patient, who indecently exposed himself to her. Instead of helping her, the woman's colleagues and manager assumed she was in a sexual relationship with him.</p> <p>Another young woman told me she was asked to wear a bikini while fruit picking so she could get paid a bonus.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Highlights of the year - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
On 5 November 2009 we hosted the Australian and New Zealand Race Relations Roundtable 2009, highlighting the human rights of international students as a major issue. During the year under review, we directly engaged with over 700 international students and student representatives to identify key human rights issues, participated in numerous government and academic forums focusing on international student safety and we are currently leading the development of a draft International Student Compact. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Notice of exemption application: Murranumbla Bed and Breakfast
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act for a termporary exemption, for a period of 18 months, regarding disability access to bathroom facilities at a proposed bed and breakfast facility. -
Race Discrimination
14 December 2012Opinion piece
Freedom of speech should not trump the right to safety (2012)
Many people will be familiar with the recent “Aboriginal memes” page on a popular social media site, in which images of Aboriginal people were published with highly derogatory captions.