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Commission – General14 December 2012Publication
Annual Report 2005-2006:
This Annual Report is evidence of the vital role that the Commissioners and staff at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the Commission) play in promoting and protecting human rights. In the last year, the Commission has not shied away from the big issues. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2008-2009: Chapter 2
One of the Commission’s central functions is to undertake education programs that increase public awareness and generate discussion of human rights and anti-discrimination issues within Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 3: Remote Indigenous education: Social Justice Report 2008
...education is the engine room of prosperity and helps create a fairer, more productive society. It is the most effective way we know, to build prosperity and spread opportunity...[1] -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
National Human Rights Consultation - Appendix 6
My brother was just walking down the street with his friends ... the police officer said to him ‘I’ve been doing this for so long, I know how to pick youse’. And, like, just because of the way they were walking and the way they were dressed. He had a backpack on. The police pulled over and said ‘what’s in your backpack, let me look in your backpack’. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
Submission to Senate Inquiry on Mental Health
The Commission commends the Senate for the decision to establish this inquiry on mental health services in Australia . It is, however, a cause for concern in itself that yet another inquiry in this area has been found to be necessary. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Publication
Annual Report 2006-2007:
This Annual Report reflects the commitment and dedication of the Commissioners and staff at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to the promotion and protection of human rights in Australia. Over the 2006-07 reporting period HREOC has acted on a broad range of challenging and complex human rights issues. -
Age Discrimination14 December 2012Speech
Reflections on age discrimination: The price we pay for growing older
But first let me acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional land of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. I pay my deepest respects to their elders both past and present. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Web accessibility and Government 2.0 (2009)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Government 2.0 Taskforce - Towards Government 2.0: An issues paper. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders 2012
This submission proposes and outlines a human rights-based response to developing a national approach to the prevention, intervention and management of FASD. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Mental Health Council of Australia Annual Board Dinner
I also acknowledge Keith Wilson, President of the Mental Health Council of Australia; Chief Executive Officer Dr Grace Groom; and others here who have profound knowledge of mental health issues as family members and carers, as professionals, and as people directly affected by mental illness. -
Commission – General9 April 2013Publication
Strategic Plan 2011-2014
Every three years we are required under our legislation to prepare a new Strategic Plan. We treat this as an opportunity to reflect on our effectiveness in undertaking our functions and duties, and to identify how we can ensure that our future work will result in tangible improvements in human rights for people in Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Strategic Plan 2011-2014
We have also played an important leadership role internationally by sharing our experience with other national human rights institutions and by contributing technical assistance to advance partnerships for human rights in other countries. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Local Government - gatekeepers to a more accessible community
I also acknowledge Ms Jenny Merkus, President of the Local Government Community Services Association of Australia (LGCSAA). I would like to congratulate Jenny and other members of the conference planning committee who have put together a varied and exciting program of speakers. I also acknowledge Mayors, councillors and distinguished guests and speakers who have travelled from around Australia to be here. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2002-2003: Chapter 1
The Commission is a national independent statutory body established under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It has a President and five Commissioners. The five positions are currently held by three persons. Please refer to the organisational chart for further information. -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC - Annual Report 2001 - 2002: Chapter 1: The Commission
The Commission is a national independent statutory body established under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It has a President and five Commissioners. The five positions are currently held by three persons. -
Commission – General22 March 2024Speech
Women’s Club – Foundation Day Club Lunch
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Introduction Thank you Danielle Asciak, for inviting me here today. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay my respect to Elders, past, present and emerging, and also to acknowledge any Indigenous guests attending today. I am sorry that as a nation we did not accept ... -
14 December 2012Book page
When the Tide Comes In: Towards Accessible Telecommunications for People with Disabilities in Australia
3.1 Introduction 3.2 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 3.2.1 Introduction 3.2.2 DDA Definitions 3.2.3 DDA Complaints 3.2.4 Intervention in Court Proceedings 3.2.5 DDA Disability Standards 3.2.6 Granting by HREOC of Temporary Exemptions 3.2.7 Action Plans 3.2.8 Conduct of Inquiries by HREOC 3.2.9 Advisory Notes and Guidelines 3.3 Telecommunications Act 1997 3.4 Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999 3.5 Industry Regulation 3.5.1 Australian Communications Authority 3.5.2 Australian Communications Industry Forum 3.5.3 Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Scheme -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2005 :
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was established in 1990 by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989 (Cth). The Act made provisions for the establishment of 35 representative Regional Councils on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia. -
26 May 2014Speech
Changing Hearts, Changing Minds
We all share a responsibility to lead cultural change for inclusion of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex. Building on the previous work of the Commission, I’ll be using my term as Human Rights Commissioner to ensure these issues are given national attention. It was an honour to be a keynote speaker at the Human Rights Forum of the Asia Pacific Outgames in Darwin. -
Sex Discrimination28 January 2020Publication
Respect@Work: Sexual Harassment National Inquiry Report (2020)
Workplace sexual harassment is prevalent and pervasive: it occurs in every industry, in every location and at every level, in Australian workplaces.