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Children's Rights20 November 2014Speech
Privileging the Voice of Children
Megan Mitchell National Children's Commissioner Early Childhood Australia Riverina Dinner Evening 25 August 2014 Check Against Delivery Introduction Good evening everyone and thank you for having me here. Thank you in particular to Julia Ham, Riverina Early Childhood Australia, for inviting me to attend and speak this evening. Before I begin I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of ... -
29 January 2013Book page
Terms of Reference
The Terms of Reference were developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission after consultation with the ADF. The Terms of Reference requested the Review Panel, led by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, to review, report and make recommendations on: the treatment of women at the Australian Defence Force Academy with a particular focus on the adequacy and appropriateness of measures to ... -
14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Chapter 8
8.1 Introduction 8.2 The universal nature of care 8.3 Support for carers combining paid work and caring 8.4 Supporting the diverse needs of carers 8.5 Government provision of formal care for older people 8.6 Greater availability of formal care to meet growing need 8.7 Specialist disability services 8.8 Conclusion -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Ending violence in Indigenous communities Forum -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes
Work continues on the development of comprehensive recommendations for the implementation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Over the past three months we have been considering all the issues, some of them quite complex, relating to an orderly transition to WCAG 2.0, and receiving a range of views from government, industry, and the web development community (including web developers, web accessibility consultants, and disability advocates with an interest in web accessibility) on the most effective strategies. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes ver 4.1 (2014)
Access for people with a disability to the web can in almost all cases be readily achieved if best-practice solutions are implemented. A complaint of disability discrimination is much less likely to succeed if reasonable steps have been taken to address accessibility during the design stage. -
11 February 2014Book page
1 Disability Justice Strategies – an introduction
1.1 Barriers People with disabilities do not enjoy equality before the law when they come into contact with the criminal justice system in Australia. Whether a person with disability is the victim of a crime, accused of a crime or a witness, they are at increased risk of being disrespected and disbelieved. If a victim, their disability may be seen to mitigate the offender’s guilt; if a perpetrator ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Opinion piece
Let's finally give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders a voice (2009)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are not represented in our Federal Parliament. Five years ago, they ceased altogether to have a representative voice when the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was abolished. We have suffered as a result. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice13 November 2013Speech
The Changing Face of Humanitarian Action
Red Cross, Humanitarian Forum – Conflict, Disruption and Displacement -
Disability Rights25 July 2016Publication
Willing to Work: Good Practice Examples for Employers (2016)
Some employers, particularly small businesses, told us that they would have liked to do more to hire and retain employees with disability and older employees, but were time-poor and had limited resources and access to information. For this reason, we have produced this resource which sets out our recommendations to businesses, examples of existing good practice and a list of available resources. -
4 June 2015Book page
Appendix 4: Website statistics
Table 38: Website statistics From 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014. Overall Page views Visits Main Commission website 7 138 597 3 614 095 All Commission sub-sites 609 012 285 183 Total 7 747 609 3 899 278 2012-13 5 981 688 2 746 350 Section Breakdown Page views Home page of section Home page 431 631 n/a About 256 153 60 790 News 671 440 10 930 Complaints 326 726 123 347 Education 161 852 11 923 Get ... -
Complaint Information Service25 July 2013Webpage
Complaints under the Sex Discrimination Act: Sexual Orientation
Learn about sex discrimination laws in relation to sexual orientation and employment, education, accommodation and accessing or using services. -
Complaint Information Service29 July 2013Webpage
Complaints under the Sex Discrimination Act: Gender Identity
Learn everything you need to know about making a complaint regarding sex discrimination and harassment to the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
6 February 2015Book page
Appendix 5 – Notices to Produce
5.1 First Notice to Produce to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection: 31 March 2014 5.2 Second Notice to Produce to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection: 11 July 2014 5.3 Third Notice to Produce to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection: 12 August 2014 5.4 First Notice to Produce to International Health and Medical Services: 24 July 2014 5.5 Second Notice ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
LAUNCH OF THE NATIVE TITLE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTS
The two reports launched in Adelaide today provide a scorecard on how Australian governments are meeting their obligations to ensure that Australia's Indigenous peoples can fully exercise their rights and interests. -
23 April 2015Book page
Appendix 3: Complaint statistics
Enquiries and complaints received The Commission received 19 688 enquiries in 2013-14. This is 16% higher than the number received in the previous year. The majority of enquiries (73%) were received via our National Information Hotline. The main issues raised by enquirers in this reporting year related to disability discrimination (18%); general employment matters, including harassment and ... -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Project
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Australian Human Rights Commission has developed four short fact sheets to help Australian companies meet their responsibility to respect the human rights of those people impacted by their activities. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2007-2008: Milestones
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14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2003 : Chapter 4: Native Title and Agreement Making : a Comparative Study
The failure in Australia to perceive native title and land rights as the basis on which to address Indigenous economic and social development has been evident at legal, policy and administrative levels. Legally, the increasingly narrow interpretation of native title by the High Court has, as Noel Pearson has pointed out, stripped native title of much economic meaning or benefit. -
Children's Rights16 April 2018Webpage
Child Safe Organisations and cultural safety
The Child Safe Organisations project prepared a background paper on cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, to inform work on child safe organisations. Download the paper here: Cultural Safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people: A background paper to inform work on child safe organisations Cultural safety for Aboriginal ...
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