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2.1 Scope of international obligations Australia prides itself on its commitment and ongoing support for human rights internationally as well as its involvement in the development of the international human rights system. [5] Australia is a party to seven of the core human rights treaties. [6] Countries raised concerns against Australia’s reservations to a number of treaties. [7] ACHRA…

Physical Fitness Assessment for Entry into Service Each Service has its own specific physical fitness assessments which all candidates who have been recommended for appointment or enlistment must undergo. [498] For the Army the requirements are: For men: 15 push-ups, 45 sit-ups, 7.5 shuttle run score. [499] For women: 8 push-ups, 45 sit-ups, 7.5 shuttle run score. Special requirements apply…

Cadet Focus Groups Date Participants Number of Participants 2/6 Cadets – all years, all services (World Cafè) 40 9/6 Year 2 – 11 Division 10 9/6 Year 2 – 17 Division 9 9/6 Year 3 – 4 Division 10 9/6 Year 3 – 22 Division 10 10/6 Army 20 10/6 Navy 9 10/6 Air Force 11 10/6 Women 11 10/6 Year 1 10 22/7 Rugby Club 10 18/7 Army Year 1 and 2 – women 14 19/7 Production Club 9 22/7 AFL Club 10 19/7 …

Centacare Newcastle is the official welfare arm of the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. The service was established in 1961 and is one of the longest standing welfare agencies in the Hunter. Centacare aims to provide high quality services concerned with the alleviation of conditions which lead to injustice or misery through poverty, alienation, unemployment, marital disharmony, child abuse…

The Melbourne Catholic Migrant & Refugee Office (MCMRO) provides advice and guidance from a Catholic perspective in response to policy and program issues relating to migrants and refugees.

As a former teacher at the Woomera IRPC, I was able to witness at first hand, the conditions of detention and the resulting outcomes for Asylum Seekers.

Australia ratified its commitment to the Convention of the Rights of the Child in 1989. Australia has also committed itself to other human rights standards such as the Refugee Convention. In order to fulfil these obligations and on pure humanitarian grounds, it is imperative that children in detention are afforded these rights.

The functions of Health Services Australia, the services it provides and that nature and extent of reports it makes on services provided to and in immigration detention centres (including also the provision of services to people who may be "in immigration detention" but not in a centre (for example, in a nominated hospital, goal, house in the community etc));

I taught a small group of students (approx.12) for 3 and a half weeks at Port Hedland Detention Centre during March 2002. I am a qualified secondary E.S.L. and English teacher and have taught since 1987. I've taught mainstream English up to Year 12 and E.S.L to European, Asian and Middle-Eastern students in Melbourne and Darwin and I've taught on Aboriginal communities and have some understanding…

Thank you for the opportunity to address an issue, which I believe, is another stain on Australian history. The systematic neglect and abuse of children in our IDCs is shameful and must end. It is intolerable that our senior politicians claim that a simple majority gives them the mandate to practise policies that ignore established standards for the care and nurturing of children.

The following hypothetical case studies present a number of scenarios where you can examine the potential legal rights and the legal responsibilities applicable to both employees and employers in the workplace.

My family went to Cherbourg. They volunteered to go there during the Depression. So I would have been about 6 months old when grandfather, who was, I mean, he was independent. He had eight kids all birthed out in the trees you know, under the stars. My mother spoke her own language. She had me with the promise to marry my father. And then when the Depression came they talked to the policeman. He…

When I was three months old [in 1965] the welfare department sent the police to my grandparents' house. They came armed with a warrant to have me removed. Despite any opposition my fate had been decided. I was taken away. My family were left with the guilt of being accused of child neglect.

The Program aims to address the many health problems such as poor nutrition, sugar diabetes, cancer and sexually transmitted diseases that are prevalent in Aboriginal communities.

The Inquiry has found that Australian laws that require the mandatory immigration detention of children, and the way these laws are administered by the Commonwealth, have resulted in numerous and repeated breaches of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Media Pack Homepage Statements by Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner (Audio Files for Download) Inquiry Commissioner and Assistants Biographies About the Inquiry Inquiry Methodology Terms of Reference Useful Links and Resources

Defining 'remote' as those regions where the nearest Capital city is a thousands plus kilometre away … and / or, where the largest population centres have only thousands of occupants and are hundreds of kilometres away.

This is an important report. It deals with our treatment of children in the most recent wave of boat people seeking refuge and a better life on our shores. It does so in the knowledge that there is a tension created by the community expectation that the Government will defend Australia's security while simultaneously upholding individual rights - the notion of the 'fairgo' for all. The report…