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Rights and Freedoms30 April 2019Publication
Free and equal: An Australian conversation on human rights (2019)
Through 2019, the Commission will promote conversation nationally to identify what makes an effective system of human rights protection for 21st century Australia? -
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> -
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 Rights24 December 2019Video
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, winner of the 2019 Young People's Human Rights Medal
<p>Receiving her award, Young People’s Human Rights Medal Winner Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts said, “The system does not work for our kids who are incarcerated - my mind and my spirit can't help but think of those young people that aren't here right now. “I ask that every single person assess your privilege and show up on the front line. We need to amplify those voices and we need to raise those voices.”</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> -
Children's Rights11 December 2019Speech
2019 Human Rights Day Oration
<h3>The Hon Peter McClellan AM QC</h3> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b6QMECNL-a0" width="560"></iframe></p> <p>10 December 2019</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice11 December 2019Speech
2019 ANZSOC Conference, Justice reimagined: The intersection between Academia, Government, Industry and the Community
<p><strong>Title: Our women have spoken: the need for strengths-based approaches to violence prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities</strong></p> <p>Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Noongar yani U.</p> <p>Well thank you and good morning what a gathering. Thank you to the conference organisers and the working group and for inviting me to open with this keynote address. The issues you are tackling within criminology and across the criminal justice system and community settings are some of the greatest we face as a nation.</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> -
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> -
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> -
Commission – General13 March 2023Opinion piece
A national Human Rights Act needs to be introduced in Australia
Opinion piece by Commission President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, first published in the Canberra Times. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Why we need an Australian Bill of Rights - a Joint Forum
The first is that HREOC has been suggesting for a considerable time that there needs to be renewed public debate on whether Australia should have a charter of human rights of some sort. It seems that the launch of the New Matilda campaign will give momentum to such a debate. A lot has changed, both nationally and internationally since the unsuccessful attempts of the 1970s and the 1980s to interest Australians in a bill of rights. As is so often said, Australia has now become the only major Western democracy that does not have a bill of rights. -
Commission – General9 April 2013Publication
Our agenda: Commission workplan 2012-2013
This document provides an overview of the Commission’s major activities for 2012-13. The Commission regularly reviews the ways in which human rights are being observed and respected across Australia. We do this to determine where we can take practical action and make a positive difference. -
Legal15 October 2019Submission
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019 (Cth)
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security with respect to its inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019. -
Education25 February 2015Webpage
Face the facts: Older Australians
<h2>Statistics from 2014</h2> <p><a href="/node/11161">Back to main Face the Facts page</a></p> <ul> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/FTFOlderAustralians.pdf"><span style="line-height:1.538em;">Download in PDF</span>&nbsp;(3.01 MB)</a></li> <li><a href="/sites/default/files/FTFOlderAustralians.docx">Download in Word&nbsp;(8.44 MB)</a></li> </ul> <p>Every day, across the country, older Australians make an enormous contribution to our society.&nbsp;</p> -
Disability Rights6 October 2020Submission
People with Disability and Employment (2020)
Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability -
Race Discrimination13 February 2019Media Release
Reconciliation Australia Barometer shows steady progress, but still work to do
<p>The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan have welcomed today’s release of the Reconciliation Barometer.</p> <p>The survey conducted every two years since 2008, measures the progress of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. Among the key findings;</p> -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 June 2024Speech
4th National Indigenous Empowerment Summit
<h2>‘Framing Indigenous empowerment with human rights: using the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for real change’</h2><p><strong>Wednesday 12 June 2024</strong></p><hr><p>Good Morning All&nbsp;</p><p>My name is Katie Kiss. I am a proud Kaanju, Biri/Widi woman from North Queensland. I was born and raised on the lands of the Darumbal peoples in Rockhampton, in Central Queensland.&nbsp;</p> -
Rights and Freedoms21 August 2019Project
Freedom of Religion
For over 20 years now, the Commission has advocated for more comprehensive legal protection in Australia for freedom of thought, conscience and religion. -
Commission – General15 September 2021Speech
Human Rights Day Oration 2020: Rosemary Kayess and Nas Campanella
<h4><strong>The 2020 Human Rights Day Oration was delivered by leading disability rights advocate Rosemary Kayess, winner of the 2019 Human Rights Medal,&nbsp;and a contributor to the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Ms Kayess discussed the social transformation of CRPD and the impact it has had on the community as well as her work with the Disability Royal Commission, in conversation with ABC’s disability affairs reporter, Nas Campanella.</strong></h4> -
Rights and Freedoms19 December 2019Speech
Human Rights Awards - Keynote speech 2019
<h2><strong>Human Rights Awards Keynote</strong></h2> <p><em>Speech delivered by Commission President, Prof. Rosalind Croucher AM, at the Human Rights Awards, held at the Fullerton Hotel, Sydney. </em></p> <p><strong>Check Against Delivery</strong></p> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kexwgMhnS48" width="560"></iframe></p> <p>Thank you for that warm welcome to country.</p>
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