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Race Discrimination16 March 2021Speech
Australia needs a National Anti-Racism Framework
<p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WsWvjvhjGZM" title="Chin Tan's Speech announcing plans for a National Anti-Racism Framework" width="560"></iframe></p> <p><strong>Speech by the National Race Discrimination Commissioner, Chin Tan, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.</strong></p> -
Rights and Freedoms17 January 2019Speech
Alice Tay Lecture in Law and Human Rights 2018 - ‘Rights-mindedness’
<h2>‘Rights-mindedness’ — making human rights real in public service and community understanding 70 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights</h2> <h3>Alice Tay Lecture in Law and Human Rights 2018</h3> <p>Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM<br>President, Australian Human Rights Commission</p> <p>Sir Roland Wilson Building<br>Canberra<br>25 September 2018</p> -
Age Discrimination27 November 2019Media Release
Attorneys-General Need to Act on Elder Abuse
<p>Age Discrimination Commissioner Dr Kay Patterson is calling on the Council of Attorneys-General to agree to take immediate action on elder abuse at their meeting tomorrow to develop a timetable outlining its action plan.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Elder abuse is a blight on our society. &nbsp;Older Australians do not have time on their side, they need immediate action from Governments at state and federal levels,” said Dr Patterson.</p> <p>Commissioner Patterson is calling for powers of attorney to be standardised across the country to help ensure that they are not mis-used.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms1 July 2020News story
More protections needed for people of faith
<p>A new position paper examines the prevalence and effects of serious harms experienced by religious communities inside Australia.</p> <p>Developed by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in partnership with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC), <em>Freedom of religion in Australia: a focus on serious harms</em> examines existing research and draws on first-person accounts from people of faith from many religious backgrounds.</p> -
Children's Rights21 July 2022Media Release
Government action needed to protect children in detention
Learn how the Human Rights Commission is deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of teenagers who were kept in adult detention centres. -
15 July 2014Book page
Chapter 5: Business and our human rights in the Declaration
<h2><strong>5.1 Introduction</strong></h2> <p>The significant role of business to respect and support our human rights is increasingly being recognised. Although the protection of human rights remains the responsibility of government, business is realising that human rights are both relevant and fundamental to their operations. In many of the conversations I have had with business and community leaders across the country, there is a firm view that business can – and does – play a fundamental role in the realisation of human rights by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.</p> -
Children's Rights24 August 2022Media Release
Survey shows children need better mental health support
<p style="margin-top:16px;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:11.0pt;">A national survey examining the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people during the COVID-19 pandemic shows children and their families need better support from schools and mental health services.</span></p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice30 January 2014Opinion piece
We need to fix the Constitution, says Social Justice Commissioner
<p>Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the nation’s Constitution is a waste of time, 2UE Drive host Justin Smith <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/australian-constitution-lacks-spirit-so-tinkering-will-not-help-anyone-20140128-31kr2.html">recently argued</a>.</p> <p>There are many things the Constitution doesn’t recognise, he said, the document is dull, and we would&nbsp;be better off if we paid attention instead to the words we use every day.</p> -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Telstra / Diversity at work forum
I am sure I am not the first person to say it, but it seems to me that there are particularly important reasons for a telecommunications company such as Telstra to be interested in diversity. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice16 March 2022News story
Urgent funding needed to support Indigenous community-led health solutions
<p>The Close the Gap campaign has called for an urgent investment in community-led health services to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country.</p> -
Sex Discrimination14 December 2012Speech
Work Life Balance: AIM Breakfast
I hope you’re all enjoying your hot breakfasts and are extremely grateful for them. For a couple of reasons: First- you didn’t have to cook them yourself, or, to be more precise, wash up all the dirty frying pans yourself. This is because you are working and you don’t have time to cook hot breakfasts for a particularly fussy group of consumers, your family. -
Rights and Freedoms3 May 2024Opinion piece
We need debate on sensible limits on free speech
<p>When president Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the 1941 State of the Union address he spoke of four essential human freedoms people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy. The very first of these was freedom of speech and expression.</p><p><a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/bishop-fears-wakeley-stabbing-could-be-weapon-to-suppress-free-speech/news-story/a41ccd22c5bde2b5118e0be3ff2a5005">Free speech was listed first because it is the bedrock of democracy.</a> Salman Rushdie famously described it as “the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself”.</p> -
Disability Rights17 November 2015Publication
Info and Communications Technology in the A.P.S – the need for change
The low rate of employment of people with disability in the Australian Public Service (APS) is unsatisfactory in terms of the government’s broader objectives, and from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s perspective in terms of the right to work of people with disability. The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) sees the wider use of accessible Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as necessary to improving the APS performance on the employment of people with disability. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice12 February 2018Speech
Reconciliation South Australia: 10th Anniversary of the Apology
<h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <p>Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Kaurna yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani.&nbsp; Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda.</p> <p>Good morning everyone.</p> <p>I would like to acknowledge the Kaurna people, the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Opinion piece
No need to abandon human rights to be tough on terror (2006)
In the post-September 11 world, debate about counter-terrorism is often characterised as an argument between 'the realists', who appreciate the need for tough new counter-terrorism laws, and 'the out of touch', who fail to take the terrorist threat seriously. -
Children's Rights30 June 2014Speech
Playing our part: advocating for children’s rights
In coming here today, we celebrate 40 years of hard work and dedication by the Network of Community Activities, to the promotion of children’s rights in Australia. -
Rights and Freedoms22 February 2023News story
Urgent action needed following termination of UN inspection
The Australian Human Rights Commission says an extraordinary decision to terminate a tour of Australian places of detention by United Nations inspectors reflects Australia’s fragmented approach to protecting the human rights of people in detention. -
Children's Rights12 November 2014Speech
Protected and safe: a child’s right, our responsibility
<h3>Megan Mitchell<br>National Children’s Commissioner</h3> <h3>National Child Protection Week<br>Gala Dinner – Alice Springs<br>Thursday 11 September<br>&nbsp;</h3> <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice4 September 2018Speech
Launch of Gilbert and Tobin papers addressing discrimination against people with FASD in Commonwealth and State and Territory law and policy
<h2>Recognition: A pathway to realising our rights and ending discrimination</h2> <p>Introduction in Bunuba</p> <p>I recognise the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Opinion piece
Opinion Pieces - Scrutinising our counter-terrorism laws (2008)
In 2006, I was a member of the Government-appointed Sheller Committee, which recommended the establishment of an independent review of counter-terrorism laws.