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Legal14 December 2012Speech
Human Rights and Climate Change: A Tragedy in the Making - Hon John von Doussa QC
I am very pleased to be here talking about Human Rights and Climate Change in the first of HREOC’s seminar series celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the ‘Declaration’).1 -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission Submission Amicus Curiae - Howe v Qantas
However, if appropriate, and with leave of the Court, the Commissioner reserves the right to make further submissions on legal matters which may arise during the hearing of this matter and after receipt of the respondent’s particularised points of defence. No submissions are to be made in relation to the evidentiary and factual matters that may arise for determination. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Address to Blind Citizens Australia Convention 1999
Graeme Innes AM Deputy Disability Discrimination Commissioner Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 15 October 1999 Note: This is the full version of Deputy Commissioner Innes' paper, which was presented in summary form at the convention for reasons of time. -
LGBTIQ+2 December 2014Speech
Homosexual Histories Conference 2014
Pride History Group Event 1 Acknowledge traditional owners I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land on which we are gathered and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal people present. 2 Introduction Thank you for the warm welcome. Thank you also for the invitation to speak ... -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Mental health and human rights: the state of play in 2005
Comprehensive Area Psychiatrists Special Interest Group Rozelle Hospital Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner </p> May 17 2005 </td> </tr> -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2004 : Annexure 2 : Promoting Economic and Social Development through Native Title
...the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner report on the operation of the [NTA] and its effect on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Presentation toRound Table on Information Access For People with Print Disabilities
I've always had a yearning to be in the Guinness Book of Records, and so I decided, in preparation for today, to give the shortest presentation ever made by a staff member of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. My presentation thus consists of just seven letters: a question of 4 letters, and an answer of 3 letters. The question is SSDD, and the answer is DDA. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submission - s134
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (the "Commission") makes no submissions about the constitutional validity of s 474 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) ("the Act"), nor about the nature of this Court's jurisdiction under s 75(v) of the Constitution. Rather, these submissions are made on the basis that the principles of statutory construction which ground the dicta of Dixon J in R v Hickman; Ex Parte Fox and Clinton (1945) 70 CLR 598 ("Hickman") are applicable to the provisions of the Act, including s 474. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
Productivity Commission review of the Disability Discrimination Act
Note: Printer friendly versions of this and other submissions are also available together with transcripts of hearings and other relevant documents on the Productivity Commission site -
Legal19 August 2013Submission
Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 1 Introduction This submission is made by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s national human rights institution. It outlines a number of issues that the Commission suggests should be considered by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it develops a List ... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Towards a reconciled Australia: National Press Club speech (2010)
With respect and gratitude I acknowledge that we sit on the lands of the Ngunnawal peoples and I thank the Traditional Owners for allowing us to do so. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: Speech by Senator Aden Ridgeway.
Thank you for inviting me here to speak at the Sydney launch of two reports from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner; the 2003 Native Title Report and the 2003 Social Justice Report. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission Submission - Access for All Alliance v Hervey Bay City Council
1. The present application does not specify the sections of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (‘the DDA’) relied upon in making out the claim of unlawful discrimination. The Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner (‘the Commissioner’) makes these general submissions on the assumption that the applicant characterises the alleged discrimination as indirect discrimination (as defined by s 6) in the manner in which access to premises is provided by the respondent (as made unlawful by s 23). -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Part E Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996
The deceased had been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and for driving while disqualified. He was placed in what the Coroner described as an enclosed cell, in which occupant vision is impossible, at around 3.00am and told he would remain there for a period of four hours. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Notice for exemption: Moxamu Pty Ltd trading as Lawrence Bus Service
The Australian Human Rights Commission has received an application from Moxamu Pty Ltd trading as Lawrence Bus Service. Moxamu seeks an exemption under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) and the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Transport Standards). -
Education14 December 2012Webpage
Bringing them home - Community Guide - 2007 update
A community guide to the findings and recommendations of the National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From Their Families -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: CEO
For the purposes of this Act, a person (discriminator) discriminates against another person (aggrieved person) on the ground of a disability of the aggrieved person if the discriminator requires the aggrieved person to comply with a requirement or condition: -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2002: Implications of Miriuwung Gajerrong & Wilson v Anderson
The reasoning of the High Court in Wilson v Anderson [1] and Miriuwung Gajerrong [2] provides a comprehensive analysis of the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) (‘NTA’). It is detailed and legally complex. In discussing NSW crown land legislation, Justice Kirby made the following observation about the NTA and the native title system: -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Speech - Bus Industry Confederation National Conference (2012)
Thanks for the chance to speak with you today, and to have the opportunity for discussion. Who was Rosa Parks? She was the African-American who, in the 1960s - yes back in the last century - refused to sit at the back of the bus. She was one of the catalysts for the American civil rights movement. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
CHEN YUAN FA v Federal Government
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ( Commission') was established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth) ("the HREOC Act"). On 13 April 1995, His Honour Justice Carr directed that leave be granted to the Commission, pursuant to s.11(1)(o) of the HREOC Act, to file and serve written submissions in these matters limited to the issues referred to in the application, no later than 14 days prior to the hearing.