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Sex Discrimination25 July 2014Publication
Pregnancy and Return to Work National Review Report
In 2013, the Australian Government asked the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, on behalf of the Australian Human Rights Commission, to undertake a National Review into discrimination related to pregnancy, parental leave and return to work after parental leave. -
22 July 2013Book page
Chapter 3: Methodology
The Audit undertook qualitative and quantitative research and conducted an extensive review of all documentation which provided evidence of the implementation of recommendations. The Audit spoke to undergraduates, all members of the Review Implementation Team (RIT),1 members of the ADFA leadership team, military staff, academic staff, padres and international cadets. Initial interviews and focus ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 3: From community crisis to community control in the Fitzroy Valley - Social Justice Report 2010
It is a story of colonisation; the threat of losing our cultural authority to manage our societies; and the despair that has come from that disempowerment. It is a story of grief and trauma and the continued pain of living with grog, drug and violence. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Providing Access to All
Some of us are women and some are men; some of us brought new names and accents in recent decades and some of us have Australian ancestry reaching back tens of thousands of years; and some of us have one or more disabilities. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Who’s driving the agenda?
I begin by paying my respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, the traditional owners of the land where we meet today, and I pay my respects to your elders, to your ancestors and to those who have come before us. -
14 December 2012Book page
Welfare to Work submission
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry on the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to work and other Measures) Bill 2005 and the Family and Community Services Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005 (together 'the Bills') -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008 - Chapter 7
Over the millennia, Indigenous peoples have developed a close and unique connection with the lands and environments in which they live. They have established distinct systems of knowledge, innovation and practices relating to the uses and management of biological diversity on these lands and environments. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice21 November 2014Publication
Social Justice and Native Title Report 2014
One of my primary responsibilities is to report annually on the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I also report annually on the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) (the Native Title Act) and the effect of the Act on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In 2014, I have again combined the reporting requirements into the Social Justice and Native Title Report, which covers the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Employment and Disability: Consultation with NSW EEO Practitioners Association Members
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Vanessa Lesnie; ABC - Chrissie Tucker; Bluescope Steel - Daryl Kilby; Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Melissa Collins; Qantas - Sandra Triulzi; Reserve Bank of Australia - Julie Ford; Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children - Rob Walker -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
SJU: Submission to Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in NT
To access the Executive Summary of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner's Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary law in the Northern Territory click here. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Full Contents Page
You can read the report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, from April 1997. -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Complaints under the Age Discrimination Act
Learn how the Age Discrimination Act makes it illegal to treat a person unfairly due to their age, including younger people and older people. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Essentials for Social Justice: Reform
Between December 2007 and April 2008 the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, will deliver a series of key speeches setting out an agenda for change in Indigenous affairs. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission Submission Amicus Curiae - Forest v Qld Health
(c) to promote recognition and acceptance within the community of the principle that persons with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as the rest of the community. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
ZP v PS Submission - COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL LAW
The English superior courts have taken the view that their inherent parens patriae powers, which include making the child a ward of the court, are invoked where the child has British nationality or is ordinarily resident in the jurisdiction: Nugent -v- Vetzera [1866] L.R. 704, at p.714; McKee -v- McKee [1951] AC 352, at p.360; In re P (An Infant) [1965] 1 Ch 568, at pp. 584, 587, 588 and 590. -
Human Resources18 March 2015Webpage
Our People
Discover what it is like for people to work in different areas at the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Webpage
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Round Table Discussion: ‘Indigenous Peoples and the private sector and the issue of Indigenous entrepreneurship and how it is supported on the local, regional and global fora’
Can I begin by thanking Pam Kraft of the Tribal Link Foundation for the invitation to participate in this roundtable today to discuss issues relating to Indigenous People and the private sector. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
'Still Riding for Freedom’ (2008)
I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we are meeting tonight, the Gadigal peoples of the Eora nation. I pay my respects to your elders and to those who have come before us. And thank you to Chicka Madden for your generous welcome to country. Chicka and I spent a term together on the Board of Aboriginal Hostels. -
14 December 2012Book page
10 years of the DDA: Employment forum
As part of events to mark the tenth anniversary of entry into force of the Disability Discrimination Act the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is conducting a series of forums on employment discrimination issues. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Thank you for the opportunity to address an issue, which I believe, is another stain on Australian history. The systematic neglect and abuse of children in our IDCs is shameful and must end. It is intolerable that our senior politicians claim that a simple majority gives them the mandate to practise policies that ignore established standards for the care and nurturing of children.
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