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14 September 2015SubmissionInquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2014
Download PDF Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. The Control Order regime 2.1 Expanding the grounds for a control order 2.2 A less targeted proportionality analysis 2.3 Attorney-General's consent 1 Introduction 1. The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this brief submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (Committee) in its Inquiry into the Counter ... -
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6 May 2014Submission
Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia’s Protection Obligations) Bill 2013
1 Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in its Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia’s Protection Obligations) Bill 2013. The Commission is established by the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) and is Australia’s national human rights institution ... -
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18 April 2013Submission
Inquiry into the Migration and Security Legislation Amendment (Review of Security Assessments) Bill 2012
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19 March 2013Publication
AB v Western Australia
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18 November 2014Submission
Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Bill 2014
Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Bill 2014 Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission 28 October 2014 Download PDF Download Word ... -
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1 May 2013Submission
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012
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Commission – General
29 June 2023Webpage2024 Australian Human Rights Awards
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012WebpageReparations and Reconciliation - A Perspective from the Churches
The NCCA comprises fifteen Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. The Council is not a "superchurch," with authority over its member churches. I can tell you what I believe the churches are thinking and doing. I can advise them as to what they ought to be thinking and doing. But I cannot command them. Each church is autonomous, making decisions according to its own lights, following its own timetable and processes, consulting with its own Indigenous members and taking account of its own inner dynamics. -
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15 April 2013Submission
Inquiry into Slavery, Slavery-like conditions and People Trafficking
1 Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade in its Inquiry into Slavery, Slavery-like conditions and People Trafficking. 2 Summary The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Inquiry into Modern Slavery. The ... -
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7 December 2017Project
Train exemption
Learn how the Commission received a joint application from the Queensland government and Queensland Rail for temporary exemptions to disability acts. -
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11 February 2016Submission
Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015
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11 February 2016Submission
Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015
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11 February 2016Submission
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2015
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18 November 2014Submission
Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014
Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission 31 October 2014 Download PDF Download Word ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
4 August 2023Webpage
Referendums and constitutional change
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will hold a referendum in late 2023. The referendum will ask Australians whether the Constitution should be changed to include a recognition of the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament -
14 December 2012Book page
Stop the Traffic 2 Conference Closing remarks (2003)
As Kathleen pointed out this morning this conference attempts to reflect the trafficking trail, to view the process from the perspective of the women involved. I am indebted to her for her clear discussion of the bravery and strong agency of trafficked women. In a context where it is very difficult for trafficked women to speak for themselves, because of the nature of trafficking and their own experiences, it is very important for us continually to carry with us in all our work a central recognition of the lives and circumstances of the women concerned. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008 - Chapter 6
Water is vital to life, essential to agriculture and a valuable energy source which may be utilised in the mitigation of climate change impacts. Water is extremely valuable globally to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and is used for many different purposes. Water is also important to both for different reasons. -
Commission – General
14 October 2020Publication
Annual Report 2019-2020
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2019–2020 financial year. -
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16 April 2013Publication
DA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department Federal Police)
2012 DA v Commonwealth of Australia (Department Federal Police) Report into discrimination in employment on the basis of criminal record [2012] AusHRC 59 ... -
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19 August 2013Webpage
Current exemption applications
Section 44 of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) ("the ADA") gives the Commission the power to grant temporary exemptions from certain provisions of the Act. Temporary exemptions may be granted for up to five years at a time and may be granted subject to specified terms and conditions. The effect of a temporary exemption is that discrimination covered by the exemption is not unlawful under the Act while the exemption remains in force.