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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
4 August 2023Webpage
Referendums and constitutional change
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) will hold a referendum in late 2023. The referendum will ask Australians whether the Constitution should be changed to include a recognition of the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament -
Disability Rights
16 April 2024Webpage
Ambassador Profile - Simon McKeon
Australian of the Year and and IncludeAbliity Ambassador, Sam talks about life and tips and advice for employers and people with disability in employment. -
Commission – General
12 June 2020Webpage
Information for Commission Suppliers - modern slavery and human rights
On this page are resources for our suppliers about: the issue of modern slavery in global supply chains Australia’s new Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) our Responsible Sourcing Policy and what is means for our suppliers Factsheet for Suppliers The Modern Slavery Act and your business The purpose of this Factsheet is to raise awareness amongst suppliers to the Australian Human Rights Commission ... -
Commission – General
6 October 2020Webpage
Budget 2020-2021
Portfolio Budget Papers Click here for the Portfolio Budget Statements on the Attorney-General's website Note: this link will be live at approximately 8:15 PM on Tuesday 6th October 2020. See also: Budget.gov.au ... -
Rights and Freedoms
10 October 2019VideoProf. Rosalind Croucher at Free + Equal Human Rights Conference
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Rights and Freedoms
10 October 2019Video
Dr Michelle Bachelet at the Free + Equal Conference
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Technology and Human Rights
26 June 2023SpeechStopping Killer Robots
Learn more about how lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) threaten human rights and why they must be prohibited. -
Commission – General
22 April 2019Webpage
Budget 2019-2020
Portfolio Budget Papers Click here for the Portfolio Budget Statements on the Attorney-General's website Note: this link was live at approximately 8:15 PM on Tuesday 2nd April 2019. See also: Budget.gov.au ... -
Children's Rights
7 June 2024Webpage
Child-friendly version of 'Mental health shapes my life': COVID-19 & kids' wellbeing (2022)
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Children's Rights
7 June 2024Webpage
Impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline (2020)
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Disability Rights
29 June 2015Publication
Overlooked Consumers – Australians with Disabilities and Older People
Every day, one in five Australians experiences difficulties or frustrations in performing everyday tasks with everyday things, such as consumer electronics and appliances. As technology develops, an increasing proportion of products are inaccessible to people with a range of different disabilities. These one-in-five Australians are what the author terms the ‘overlooked consumers’. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
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I am honoured to present this distinguished lecture, which has been established as a tribute to the contribution of Sir Wallace Kyle to Western Australian society. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Citizenship
It is the intention of this paper to explore the concept of citizenship, and some associated ideas in order to present a perspective on the relevance of citizenship to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. I will seek to examine some key principles in relation to citizenship which must be established in order to ensure full and just respect for the rights and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageMadrid - Expert Seminar on Indigenous Peoples - Specific issues relating to the administration of justice – Indigenous women; public order laws; mandatory sentencing schemes; and best practice for diversion of Indigenous juveniles.
This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. It addresses the following issues: -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 December 2012Speech
The practical power of human rights
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land we are meeting on tonight. I pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
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Amongst all this expertise, it is fair to ask why is the President of the national human rights commission – and particularly a President who has only fairly recently commenced in this role - here presenting the keynote speech to such a conference? -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Application for temporary exemption - Melbourne trams
This is the text of an exemption application lodged with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission by the applicants named below. It represents the applicants' views and is not a Commission document. It is posted on this site to facilitate public comment. Please refer to the Information Sheet for information about how to obtain hard copies. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Mason: Experience with the representative complaints procedure to date
This Representative Complaints workshop aims to develop a document on representative complaints to be used by the DDA Legal Advocacy Services, other legal services and other representatives and advocates in making representative complaints and to assist them in if the representative complaints procedure is appropriate in any particular case. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: CEO
For the purposes of this Act, a person (discriminator) discriminates against another person (aggrieved person) on the ground of a disability of the aggrieved person if the discriminator requires the aggrieved person to comply with a requirement or condition: -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Commission submissions: Alex
1.1 On 15 January 2004, the Family Court granted leave to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") to intervene in these proceedings, pursuant to s 92 of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) ("Family Law Act").