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Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechPresident Speech: Flinders University Law School Prize Giving Ceremony 2010
First, may I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present. -
Disability Rights
12 April 2013SpeechLaunch of Accessible events -- a guide for organisers (2006)
<h2>Launch of <a href="http://www.meetingsevents.com.au/downloads/Accessible_Events_Guide.pdf">Accessible events -- a guide for organisers</a></h2> <h1>&nbsp;</h1> <table width="100%" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="85%" height="126"> <p>Gold Coast Convention Centre<br>27 April 2006<br>Graeme Innes<br>Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner</p></td></tr></tbody></table> -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Risky Business?
I make this acknowledgment in all my public presentations, because recognising the indigenous history of this land is an important element in recognising the truth of our diversity as a people. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Disability Discrimination Developments
A speech by Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Webpage
Senate File Listing 1 January 2006 - 30 June 2006
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Rights and Freedoms
24 February 2017PublicationMissing out: The business case for customer diversity (2017)
The Australian Human Rights Commission is very pleased to launch Missing out: The business case for customer diversity in partnership with Deloitte Australia. -
9 May 2024Conciliation register
2021-06-07
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 November 2013WebpageIndex of Commission's work
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14 December 2012Book page
A Community Guide: Social Justice and Native Title Reports 2008
In my role as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner I am required to produce two annual reports on Indigenous human rights issues – the Social Justice Report and the Native Title Report. -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Recommendations of the Social Justice Commissioner
Departments of Corrective Services use the Australian National Classification of Offences to record offences for which prisoners are sentenced or remanded. [4:39] -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageApplication for temporary exemption: Bendigo tram service
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act for a temporary exemption regarding tram services and associated infrastructure in Bendigo. The application includes the following: -
Rights and Freedoms
19 January 2015Opinion piece
Charlie Hebdo V 18C: no contest
Charlie Hebdo would have risked being censored by the courts, but self-censorship is the reality of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2002-2003: Chapter 9
In 2002–03, as in past years, the Commission participated in some bilateral international program activities, generally as part of the Australian Government’s development cooperation program developed by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Exemption application under Sex Discrimination Act and Disability Discrimination Act: CASA: recommended decision
That, pursuant to an application by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Commission grant a five year exemption under Sex Discrimination Act 1984 ("SDA"), section 44, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA"), section 55, for persons acting pursuant to existing Civil Aviation Regulations regarding medical fitness and proposed amendments to those regulations; but this exemption only to apply where a person's pregnancy (under the SDA) or disability (under the DDA) prevents the person safely fulfilling the inherent requirements of the role covered by the licence c -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
NOTICE OF INQUIRY UNDER THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1992: MOBILE PHONES AND PEOPLE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT (1999)
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received a representative complaint under the Disability Discrimination Act lodged by the Deafness Council of NSW on behalf of people who use hearing aids or cochlear implants. -
14 December 2012Book page
HRC Report No.11
This is a report to the Attorney-General on inquiries made by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission into a complaint made under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (the Act) of discrimination in employment on the ground of age. The complaint was made by Ms Akiko Ishikuni against the Japan Travel Bureau (Australia) (JTB). -
Rights and Freedoms
8 February 2016Opinion piece
Another 'aberration' shows that 18C is the problem and must be changed
<p>State and federal governments should reform laws that make offensive acts unlawful and refocus them on protecting free speech and stopping workplace and public harassment.</p> <p>This week a news story broke about a complaint made under section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act by a Queensland University of Technology employee.</p> <p>Section 18C makes it unlawful to "offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate" a person on the basis of their "race, colour or national or ethnic origin".</p> -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Westpac launch of DDA Action Plan
Thank you, Dr Morgan, for the invitation to attend this launch of the Westpac Disability Discrimination Act Action Plan. I am most pleased to formally receive a copy for the Commission to register. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
Review of Captioning Standards under the Broadcasting Services Act: Submission of the Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner
[Note: The paper from the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts to which this submission responds may be found on the Department's internet site .]
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