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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Call for urgent child justice reforms following death of teenager in WA youth detention centre

Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss, National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds, and Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay have expressed their sadness and disappointment following the death yesterday of a First Nations teenager who was incarcerated in Western Australia’s Banksia Hill youth detention centre.

30 August, 2024

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Anna Cody

LGBTIQ+

Commissioner welcomes Government’s decision to include LGBTQIA+ Australians in next Census

30 August, 2024

Commission – General

Law Institute of Victoria Legal Sector Dinner

Our legal system frequently provides unequal access to justice, with varying standards based on one’s identity, location, and financial status. Rights granted by law are ineffective if they cannot be enforced. A speech by Hugh de Krester.

29 August, 2024

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LGBTIQ+

Sex Discrimination Commissioner calls on Fed Gov to reverse LGBTIQA+ Census backflip

29 August, 2024

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Disability Rights

Government White Paper a good start to address aviation failures towards people with disability

28 August, 2024

Sex Discrimination

Ending gender-based violence: do not overlook older women and women with disability

Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin states that Australia needs to take threats of gendered violence as seriously as it takes terrorist threats.

27 August, 2024

Children's Rights

A step backwards for child justice and community safety in Queensland

The Queensland Government’s ‘Community Safety Act’ allowing more children to be locked up in the first instance is another step backwards for child justice and community safety, National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds said. “We all want to live in communities where kids can flourish and where...

23 August, 2024

Sex Discrimination

Sex Discrimination Commissioner comments on Federal Court judgment in Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd

Federal Court handed down judgement that Roxanne Tickle was discriminated against when she was refused access to a social media app, ‘made for women by women’.

23 August, 2024

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

First Nations women let down by native title system

23 August, 2024

Commission – General

Melbourne Holocaust Museum Launch of "Critical Thinking is Critical”

Human rights are the key to creating the kind of society we all want to live in. The values at the heart of the work of this museum – humanity, kindness and fairness – are human rights values. A speech by Hugh de Krester.

22 August, 2024

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Children's Rights

New report proposes transforming Australia’s approach to child justice and wellbeing

20 August, 2024

Commission – General

A Human Rights Act for Australia

Human rights are the blueprint for a decent, dignified life for all. Human rights are the key to creating the kind of society we all want to live in. A speech by Commission President, Hugh de Krester.

20 August, 2024

Commission – General

Statement by Commission President Hugh de Kretser

Australian Human Rights Commission President Hugh de Kretser has expressed concerns about calls for Palestinians fleeing Gaza to be denied entry to Australia.

19 August, 2024

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

States must follow through on our obligations to international treaties in prisons

16 August, 2024

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

AHRC commissioners call for action on findings of Senate report on murdered and missing First Nations women

Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner and Sex Discrimination Commissioner say the findings of a Senate inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women provide more evidence of how to address violence against women and girls in First Nations communities.

16 August, 2024

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Call for urgent child justice reforms following death of teenager in WA youth detention centre

Commissioner welcomes Government’s decision to include LGBTQIA+ Australians in next Census

Law Institute of Victoria Legal Sector Dinner

Sex Discrimination Commissioner calls on Fed Gov to reverse LGBTIQA+ Census backflip

Government White Paper a good start to address aviation failures towards people with disability

Ending gender-based violence: do not overlook older women and women with disability

A step backwards for child justice and community safety in Queensland

Sex Discrimination Commissioner comments on Federal Court judgment in Tickle v Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd

First Nations women let down by native title system

Melbourne Holocaust Museum Launch of "Critical Thinking is Critical”

New report proposes transforming Australia’s approach to child justice and wellbeing

A Human Rights Act for Australia

Statement by Commission President Hugh de Kretser

States must follow through on our obligations to international treaties in prisons

AHRC commissioners call for action on findings of Senate report on murdered and missing First Nations women

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