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Rights and Freedoms3 March 2023Speech
Making rights a reality: the need for a Human Rights Act for Australia
This presentation, on International Human Rights Day, advances the case for a Human Rights Act for Australia, reflecting on experiences during COVID and the difference a Human Rights Act may have made. -
27 November 2015Book page
The need for better engagement - Year in review
<h3>1.1 Introduction</h3> <p>In last year’s <i>Social Justice and Native Title Report</i>, I raised concerns about the changes resulting from the 2014-15 Budget and the restructure to Indigenous Affairs through the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS).</p> <p>Despite initial concerns about how these changes would impact our communities, I indicated that the streamlining of programs and the move away from a ‘one size fits all’ mentality had the potential to offer great benefit and flexibility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.</p> -
Children's Rights4 July 2013Publication
Our Homeless Children
Report of the National Inquiry into Youth Homelessness In 1987, after consulting with a wide range of individuals and organisations attempting to assist homeless children, analysing current policy directions and surveying the available literature, the Commission decided that there was a clear need for a national inquiry into homelessness as it affects children and young people. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 April 2013Publication
"Our future in our hands"
Download in PDF [1.72MB] Community Guide to the Report Table of Contents Introduction Section 1: The importance of a National Representative Body Section 2: What we heard in the national consultation process Section 3: The proposed model: a new National Representative Body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Section 4: A developmental approach: the interim process for the new national representative body to December 2010. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Our Right to Protect our Knowledge
I begin by paying my respects to the Ngunnawal peoples, the traditional owners of this land. I pay my respects to your elders, past, present and future. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice17 January 2019Speech
Healing Our Spirit Worldwide 8th Gathering Closing Keynote Address
<h2>Introduction in Bunuba</h2> <p>Thank you. Jalangurru lanygu balangarri - good afternoon everyone. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Gadigal yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngirranggu thangani.&nbsp; Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice1 June 2021Speech
Truth for change - Reckoning with our past and transforming our nation
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">This was the keynote address at the&nbsp;Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies&nbsp;conference, 2021.</span></b></span></span><br><br> <br><br></p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 February 2022Speech
ANU College of Law Conference: Parenthood and Work in a Post-COVID Context
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:&lt;br /&gt; 14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif">[Introduction in Bunuba]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:&lt;br /&gt; 14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif">It is a pleasure be speaking to you all today. My name is June Oscar, and I am Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.<o:p></o:p></span></p> -
Sex Discrimination7 February 2020Publication
Respect@Work: Community Guide to the Sexual Harassment National Inquiry Report (2020)
<p class="box"><strong>Also available:</strong><br> <a href="/node/16151"><strong>Full Report</strong></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2 class="anchor-ready">A message from the Commissioner</h2> <p>Australia was once at the forefront of tackling sexual harassment globally.</p> <p>Women’s organisations in Australia began to press for the legal and social recognition of sex discrimination in the early 1970s. This movement built on Australia’s ratification of two key international conventions:</p> -
Rights and Freedoms17 January 2019Speech
2018 Human Rights Awards
<p><em>14 December 2018</em></p> <p><em>Westin Hotel, Sydney</em></p> <p><em>(Check against delivery)</em></p> <p>[Thank you for your warm welcome to country]</p> <h2>Introduction</h2> <p>I begin by paying my respects to the Gadigal people of the Eora nation— to their elders, past and present, and to the future generations; and I particularly acknowledge all Indigenous guests joining us here today.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Launch of Our Children Our Future report
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice30 March 2019Opinion piece
Our Choices, Our Voices - Celebrating Success on National Close the Gap Day
<p>This Opinion Piece by June Oscar AO and Rod Little was published by Guardian Australia on Thursday March 21, to mark National Close the Gap Day</p> <p>When the Prime Minister Scott Morrison tabled the 2019 Closing the Gap report last month, we were again reminded about the lack of progress made to address the inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.</p> <p>We know the statistics. They are part of the lived realities that confront our families and our communities across the country.</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice8 May 2019Media Release
Our Choices, Our Voices: Celebrating Success on National Close the Gap Day
<p>The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples Rod Little, will today release the 2019 Close the Gap report – “Our Choices, Our Voices”.</p> <p>The report, prepared by the Lowitja Institute, is being released at a community event at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation – Aboriginal Medical Service South Western Sydney, as part of National Close the Gap day events around the country.</p> -
Technology and Human Rights2 July 2023Opinion piece
Australia needs to be a world leader in ethical AI
Find out more about how Australia can be a leader in responsible and ethical artificial intelligence. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice1 June 2021Speech
AIATSIS Summit Keynote Address: Truth for change—Reckoning with our past and transforming our nation
<p><strong>Introduction and acknowledgements </strong></p> <p><em>Opening in Bunuba. </em></p> <p>Good morning everyone. I acknowledge the Kaurna peoples whose lands we gather on for this conference—I pay my respects to your elders, past, present and emerging. I also acknowledge all our peoples who have come from countries—First Nations—from across this vast continent, carrying many diverse and interconnected languages, cultural practices and laws. &nbsp;</p> -
Rights and Freedoms22 April 2021Media Release
Greater scrutiny of emergency powers needed
<p>The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for greater accountability to be embedded in laws that extend the Commonwealth’s power in the event of national emergencies.<br><br>In its submission to a Senate inquiry examining the <em>National Emergency Declaration Act 2020</em>, the Commission recommended five changes to legislation that was enacted by parliament in 2020.&nbsp;<br><br>Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow said the laws, which empower the Australian Government to act quickly and unilaterally during national emergencies, must include appropriate checks and balances.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms17 January 2019Media Release
Winners announced - 2018 Human Rights Awards
<p>The Honourable Justice Peter McClellan AM and Chrissie Foster have won the prestigious 2018 Human Rights Medal for their enormous contribution to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.</p> <p>Chrissie Foster has long campaigned for justice for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and Justice McClellan led the five-year Royal Commission.</p> <p>Accepting the Medal at today’s ceremony in Sydney, Chrissie Foster thanks her family and friends, past and present.</p> -
15 July 2014Book page
Chapter 3: How do we keep moving forward? A road map for our future
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice7 December 2016Opinion piece
Listen to us: we know what we need
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Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Opinion piece
Opinion Pieces - Immigration detention laws need reviewing (2008)
This is an often depressing tour that we at the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) undertake every year to monitor the conditions of immigration detention in Australia for compliance with internationally recognised human rights obligations. We tour and inspect the facilities, interview the staff and meet with the detainees themselves.