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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Native Title and Service Delivery
My presentation today will focus on the content of my Native Title Report 2005. I will outline the debates about economic development on Indigenous land - the possibilities and the challenges. At the conclusion of this presentation I will provide some challenge statements about the responsibilities of service deliverers on Indigenous land. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2010:Chapter 2: ‘The basis for a strengthened partnership’: Reforms related to agreement-making
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, agreement-making can be an expression of free, prior and informed consent and the beginning of cooperative relationships with governments and other parties. -
14 April 2015Book page
5 Nations - Self-determination and a new era of Indigenous governance
<ul> <li><a href="#Heading2110">5.1 Introduction </a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2126">5.2 The importance of Nations </a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2162">5.3 Framework for Indigenous governance </a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2189">5.4 Community governance: a Nation building approach</a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2288">5.5 Australian accounts of successful nation building</a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2354">5.6 Voices of Nations, not just national voices</a></li> <li><a href="#Heading2421">5.7 Conclusions and recommendations</a></li> </ul> <hr> -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2007 - Appendix 1
[1] The full text of the Bilateral Agreement is available online at: http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/Publications/Files/Bilateral_Agreement.pdf, accessed 24 January 2008. [2] Andrews, K., (Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations), CDEP 2006-07 To Build On Success, Media Release, 1 July 2006. [3] Bishop, J., (Minister for Education, Science and Training), Early childhood focus for Indigenous education, Media Release, 7 July 2006, available online at: http://www.dest.gov.au/Ministers/Media/Bishop/2006/07/B001070706.asp, accessed 24 January 2008. -
Legal19 August 2013Submission
Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
<h2>&nbsp;</h2> <h2>Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</h2> <h3>1 Introduction</h3> <ol></ol> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice21 August 2014Speech
Nulungu Reconciliation Lecture
<p><strong>Acknowledgements</strong></p> <p>Thank you for your kind welcome and can I reciprocate as I begin today by respecting the Yawuru, the traditional owners of Rubibi the place that is now known as Broome. I thank them for allowing me on their country. I salute the Elders who are here today, those that have gone before us, and those who are yet to come.</p> <p>My people are freshwater people, the Gangulu, from the Dawson Valley in Central Queensland.</p> -
Children's Rights11 January 2017Speech
A life free from violence and fear: a child’s right
<h2>2016 International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect</h2> <p><strong>Held by the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in&nbsp;</strong><strong style="font-size: 13.008px;">Calgary, Canada</strong></p> -
Legal14 December 2012Speech
Dignity, Fairness and Good Government: The Role of a Human Rights Act - Lord Bingham
It would clearly test to destruction the tolerance of the ordinary red-blooded Australian to have a Pom getting off the plane from London and telling them how to run their country. So I shall not presume to say how the current human rights debate in this country should be resolved. But perhaps I may contribute some thoughts, prompted by our own experience in the United Kingdom, acknowledging as I do so that the Australian context, while in some ways similar, is in others significantly different. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Reconciling human rights and counter-terrorism – a crucial challenge
I would like to acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional country of the Girringun people and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
14 December 2012Book page
2011 Social Justice and Native Title Reports - A Community Guide
In my role as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (Social Justice Commissioner), I am required to prepare two reports on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ human rights issues each year – the Social Justice Report and the Native Title Report. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President speeches: Protecting the human rights of Indigenous people and communities
I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna peoples, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet today, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
3 January 2014Book page
2 Background and framework for promotion and protection of human rights
<h3>2.1 Scope of international obligations</h3> <ol start="10"></ol> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice15 June 2015Publication
Know your rights: Aboriginal Torres Strait Islanders (2014)
This brochure explains what racial discrimination is and what you can do it you experience it, as well as the work of the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. -
14 December 2012Book page
Let's talk about rights: A guide to help young people have their say about human rights in Australia (2009)
This guide has been produced by the Australian Human Rights Commission to help you participate in the Australian Government’s National Human Rights Consultation. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Indigenous mental health
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet - the Waradjuri nation and the elders present. I also acknowledge our hosts - the Dijrruwang Program at Charles Sturt University , and thank you for inviting me here to address this Gathering. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
10th International Criminal Congress
The topic of this seminar is ‘Criminal Justice in a climate of fear’. The word terrorism is not mentioned and yet the subject invites discussion of the impact of terrorism on life and laws in Australia. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee in its Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 (the Bill) and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010. -
14 December 2012Book page
6 Issues raised outside the themes: Listening Tour Report
Research and literature: This section summarises research that is relevant to each sub-issue. It should be noted the research included in the report is not an exhaustive literature review, but a summary of the research that was presented to the Commissioner during the Listening Tour. -
14 December 2012Book page
Same-Sex: Same Entitlements: Chapter 9
Social security is an income support system that acts as a safety-net for people who, for some reason, are unable to financially support themselves. Entitlements to social security are largely governed by the Social Security Act 1991 (Cth) (Social Security Act) and the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 (Cth) (Family Assistance Act). The payments are usually administered by Centrelink. -
5 February 2015Book page
10 Unaccompanied children in detention
<ul> <li><a href="#a10-1">10.1 Impact of detention on emotional and mental wellbeing</a></li> <li><a href="#a10-2">10.2 Self-harm by unaccompanied children</a></li> <li><a href="#a10-3">10.3 Pontville Detention Centre</a></li> <li><a href="#a10-4">10.4 Forcible transfer of children to Bravo Compound at Christmas Island </a></li> <li><a href="#a10-5">10.5 Guardianship and welfare</a></li> <li><a href="#a10-6">10.6 Findings specific to unaccompanied children</a></li> </ul> <p align="right"><em>I feel like I’m in jail, no one here to help us. It’s just me and</em> <em>God.</em></p>