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14 December 2012WebpageNotice of Grant of Temporary Exemption under section 44(1) of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) [2012]
By this instrument, under section 44(1) of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth)(ADA), the Australian Human Rights Commission grants an exemption to the State of New South Wales - Department of Family and Community Services, Ageing Disability and Home Care (the Applicant) from the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the ADA. The exemption is granted for a period of one year from the date of this instrument and is granted subject to the conditions outlined below. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Multicultural Council of the Northern Territory's research indicates that as at 24 November 2001 a total of 7933 unlawful non-citizens were admitted to Australian detention centres in the 2000-01 financial year. -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: Isma - Listen: National consultations on eliminating prejudice
against Arab and Muslim AustraliasThe meeting was chaired by Mrs Aziza Abdel Halim, President of the MWNNA and facilitated by Omeima Sukkarieh, Community Liaison Officer, HREOC (notes). It was attended by14 invited participants. -
14 December 2012Book page
2 Biomedical markers and the assessment of chronological age
Since 2001, the primary method of assessing whether an individual is under the age of 18 years in the context of criminal proceedings in Australia has been through the analysis of an x-ray of the young person’s wrist. As this Inquiry is considering the treatment of young Indonesian males suspected of people smuggling who say that they are children, it is important to consider the appropriateness of this and other age assessment processes in this context. -
14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Recommendations
That the Australian Bureau of Statistics be funded to produce a full national time use survey at regular five-yearly intervals to help inform and measure progress towards gender equality in paid and unpaid work. -
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14 December 2012SpeechAddress delivered to volunteer lawyers at the Welfare Rights Centre Housing Legal Clinic
I am very grateful for the opportunity to address you today and express my admiration to you all for taking on the very necessary venture of providing practical legal assistance to some of the most powerless and marginalised people in society. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
International and Australian evidence demonstrates the long-term effects of early life experience on health and well being throughout life. The detention of children and young people is poses significant risks to normal development. The exposure of infants and young children to stress either directly or mediated through the experiences of their parents reduces the likelihood of normal brain development. -
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14 December 2012Webpage
Effects of the ongoing Efficiency Dividend on Smaller Public Sector Agencies
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘HREOC’) makes this submission to the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit Inquiry into the effects of the ongoing efficiency dividend on smaller public sector agencies (‘the Inquiry’). -
14 December 2012Book page
1. Introduction
Please do not limit the audience of these reports to the Immigration Department and the Minister. We would like to urge you to educate the public to pass on the report to newspapers and the other electronic media so that the public can learn what is going on in the immigration detention camp, and I know that public opinion is shifting when they become aware of what is happening. Father, Port Hedland, June 2002 -
Complaint Information Service14 December 2012Webpage
Complaints under the Sex Discrimination Act
The Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (the SDA) makes it against the law to treat you unfairly because of your: sex; gender identity; intersex status; sexual orientation; marital or relationship status (including same-sex de facto couples); family responsibilities; because you are pregnant or might become pregnant; because you are breastfeeding. -
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Closed Captioning Inquiry Issues Paper (1998)
Closed Captioning Inquiry Issues Paper Comments in response to this Issues Paper are requested by 9 December 1998. Where possible, submissions are requested in electronic format to enable the Commission to make them available on its World Wide Web site. After considering comments on this Issues Paper, the Commission may conduct a public forum or meetings to discuss issues further before deciding ... -
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