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14 December 2012Book page
Our functions - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
Gives effect to Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and certain aspects of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 156. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Human rights education: realising the vision of social justice
Speech by Catherine Branson, former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, delivered as part of the Centre for Research in Education Annual Oration in 2011. -
25 September 2013Book page
7 Are current regulatory responses sufficient and appropriate?
Current federal anti-discrimination laws would generally apply to cyberspace to the extent that discriminatory behaviour (or harassment) online relates to a protected attribute, and could be said to have occurred in one of the stipulated areas of ‘public’ life. This is particularly clear in relation to the prohibition on sexual harassment under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA), as this ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Tobacco control and closing the gap
Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Chair of the Close the Gap Steering Committee for Indigenous Health Equality -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
‘Partnership builds success’ An Indigenous perspective of educational partnerships (2009)
I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna People, the traditional owners and custodians of the Adelaide Plains and pay my respects to their elders past and present. Thank you Uncle Lewis O’Brien for your warm and generous welcome. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice2 May 2018Speech
2018 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture, University of Western Australia
Acknowledgments Good evening everyone. I would like to acknowledge the Noongar people the custodians of this land, and all their elders, past, present and emerging. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Wurundjeri yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani. Yathawarra ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice3 March 2016Publication
Summary of the Toomelah Report (Community Guide)
SUMMARY OF THE TOOMELAH REPORT BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION JUNE 1988 In co-operation with: Aboriginal Development Unit Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College 13 Mansfield Street Glebe NSW 2037 To the Aboriginal people of Toomelah and Boggabilla: We have written this booklet for the Aboriginal people at Toomelah and Boggabilla. The booklet helps explain what the Toomelah ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Paul story
I was born in May 1964. My Mother and I lived together within an inner suburb of Melbourne. At the age of five and a half months, both my Mother and I became ill. My Mother took me to the Royal Children's Hospital, where I was admitted. -
14 December 2012Book page
Young people in the workplace: Script - rightsED
Lian and her friends meet in a café and discuss the benefits of part-time work while still at school - experience, money, meeting people etc. Lian's friend, Kenny, works in a computer company and Lian has decided to apply for a job there. -
Children's Rights14 April 2015Speech
Embedding children’s rights into children’s services
YMCA 2015 National Children’s Services Conference Moonee Valley Racing Club, Victoria Saturday 21 March 2015 Introduction Good morning and thank you for the introduction. I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation and pay my respects to their elders past and present. I’d like to thank YMCA for the ... -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
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But people with disability for the most part were either invisible within mainstream education, or invisible because they were excluded and segregated off somewhere else. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Australian Human Rights Commission’s submission to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to submit comments on the cross-curriculum priorities. As stated in our previous submissions, we appreciate the consultative approach taken by ACARA to the development of the national school curriculum. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) is pleased to respond to your invitation of 21 December to make a submission to the HREOC inquiry into children in immigration detention. The NCEC is the official body appointed by and responsible to the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference for developing, enunciating and acting upon policy at the national level for the Church's work in education. -
Education16 December 2014Webpage
Where does racism happen?
Learn about how racism exists in all areas of our society, including workplaces, schools and the wider community and what you can do to prevent it. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
This submission will focus on the current Australian immigration detention regime as it applies to minors. The regime will be examined based on data and information made available by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (“DIMIA”) and supporting documentation ranging from government publications, the Flood Inquiry and testimonies given to the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission “HREOC” under oath. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Statement to the 61st session of the Commission on Human Rights
On behalf of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (hereafter referred to as the Commission), I welcome the opportunity to make this statement. -
14 December 2012Book page
Recommendations: Social Justice Report 2008
In accordance with the functions set out in section 46C(1) (a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), this report includes ten recommendations on formal protections for Indigenous peoples’ human rights, four recommendations for remote Indigenous education, and one recommendation for Indigenous healing. The report also contains one follow-up action that I will undertake in the next 12 months in relation to providing advice on a model for a new National Indigenous Representative Body. -
Children's Rights2 April 2015Speech
Supporting young children’s rights: Statement of Intent
Good morning and thank you for the introduction. I’d like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to be here today to launch the Statement of Intent on Supporting Young Children’s Rights. Thank you all for coming along. I am very proud of this initiative, which is the ... -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2002-2003: Statement from president
I am delighted to present my first statement as President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Much of what is reported in this volume occurred before I took up my appointment. The last twelve months have been a time of challenge and success for the Commission as it continues the important task of promoting and protecting the observance of human rights in Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Comment: specific to Remote areas
Defining 'remote' as those regions where the nearest Capital city is a thousands plus kilometre away … and / or, where the largest population centres have only thousands of occupants and are hundreds of kilometres away.
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