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Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
ACFID Awards Night Presentation: Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2005)
I would like to commence my brief remarks tonight by acknowledging the success of the member organizations of ACFID. Clearly any organization whose constituent members in 2004 raised $487.4 million, or around 70%, annually of their funds, from the public with only about 14% coming from the government via AusAID is a very effective one indeed. This statistic is also vitally important when one considers the ramifications of how best to engage in constructive policy dialogue with federal governments of any political persuasion. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 11
Actually what you see in a lot of us is the shell, and I believe as an Aboriginal person that everything is inside of me to heal me if I know how to use it, if I know how to maintain it, if I know how to bring out and use it. But sometimes the past is just too hard to look at. Confidential evidence 284, South Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Valuing Parenthood - Part C
7.1 Introduction 7.2 Health and welfare of mothers and newborn children 7.3 Enabling women to combine work and family 7.4 Direct cost of children 7.5 Economic security for women -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Henry Parkes Primary Schools Citizenship Convention
For those of you unfamiliar with Australia’s Human Rights Commission, it’s an independent government body that protects and promotes human rights. My role as Human Rights Commissioner is to check that human rights in Australia are being respected including the human rights of children and young people. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 2 - Introduction: Social Justice Report 2009
Indigenous imprisonment rates in Australia are unacceptably high. Nationally, Indigenous adults are 13 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous people[1] and Indigenous juveniles are 28 times more likely to be placed in juvenile detention than their non-Indigenous counterparts.[2] -
Commission – General31 March 2020Webpage
About Past Awards
Learn about the history of the Commission's Human Rights Awards, which were launched in 1987 to recognise the work of human rights heroes across Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2006: Chapter 2: Economic Development Reforms on Indigenous land
In 2006 the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet made a revealing statement about Indigenous affairs. He argued that his own government’s policy performance in the Indigenous portfolio had been a failure. He went further to say that while well intentioned, the policies and approaches of the past 30 years had contributed to poor outcomes for Indigenous people. -
Disability Rights5 April 2024Webpage
Sam Jackson
IncludeAbility Ambassador Sam Jackson says all experience helps us to be more job-ready, and people in employment are far more employable that those not employed. -
Disability Rights5 April 2024Webpage
Nas Campanella
Learn about IncludeAbility Ambassador Nas Campanella, a journalist who is blind, providing people with disability a platform to have their stories heard. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2007: Chapter 12
Securing sustainable and just economic outcomes for Aboriginal traditional owners and residential communities in the remote regions of the Northern Territory has been an elusive goal for national and Territory governments, various public agencies and community groups for many years. The increasing value and intact environmental nature of much of the Indigenous estate across the North of Australia in a carbon trading context offers opportunities that could create sustainable on-country development for traditional owners in the region through new and exciting economies. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice6 November 2017Webpage
Get support
Support services Speaking out about a traumatic experience can be distressing. If you decide to provide information to us but find that either during or after providing information, that relaying the experience(s) of trauma is causing you distress, you can access counselling support through: 1800RESPECT (24/7 national sexual assault and domestic and family violence counselling service) The Healing ... -
Disability Rights5 April 2024Webpage
Nathan Basha
Discover the ways in which meaningful employment gives IncludeAbility Ambassador Nathan Basha independence, financial security, and a sense of purpose. -
Race Discrimination14 December 2012Opinion piece
Still judged by skin colour (2010)
The following opinion pieces have been published by the President and Commissioners. Reproduction of the opinion pieces must include reference to where the opinion piece was originally published. -
Legal18 May 2015Submission
Submission to Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru
27 April 2015 PO Box 6100 Parliament House Australia ACT 2600 By email: regionalprocessingnauru.sen@aph.gov.au Dear Chair, Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru The Commission has held long-standing concerns regarding the transfer to and detention of asylum seekers in Nauru. The ... -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Webpage
GUIDE DOG OWNERS AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
I have been concerned for some time of legislation which is being passed without any consultation whatsoever with our organisation. As some people may remember, I was the one that fought hard and succeeded in getting legislation passed for dog guides to go into any place and on all forms of public transport. This legislation was passed in 1957 but now it has been made more or less obsolete as dog guides have to compete with companion dogs, hearing dogs, assistance dogs and puppies being walked by people rearing them for future dog guides. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board
The government has an obligation to take action to address violence and abuse, particularly where there is evidence that is it widespread. Governments that fail to do so are in breach of their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRoC), the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
THE CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS: Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2003)
"....the fundamental conflict in the next millennium will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic. The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural"... -
Disability Rights24 April 2014Project
Mobility Scooters in Registered Clubs
This paper aims to start a discussion about mobility scooters (scooters) and their use within and around Registered Clubs (the Clubs). It has been produced as part of a project initiated by a partnership between the RSL & Services Clubs and the Australian Human Rights Commission. -
21 October 2022Webpage
Let's talk about racism
Explore human rights teaching resources related to racism, including topics such as discrimination, what racism looks like and what you can do about it. -
19 September 2018Webpage
Complaints
We investigate and resolve complaints of discrimination and breaches of human rights. You can make a complaint no matter where you live in Australia. Our service is free, impartial and informal.