Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Native Title Act 20 years on: where to from here?
AIATSIS National Native Title Conference, Alice Springs
News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Children's Rights
Learning through Listening
Opening plenary session of 5th SNAICC National Conference - For Our Children: Living and Learning Together
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples
Ms Mandy Doherty and Ms Jenny Bedford delivered the following joint statement on 22 May 2013 to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on behalf of the Australian Government and the Australian Human Rights Commission. We would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land...
Children's Rights
Play is more than just having fun: enriching childhoods
Network of Community Activities, International College of Management, Manly NSW
Disability Rights
Panel - Big Ideas to change the employment of people with disability
Australian Network on Disability Annual Conference. Panel - Big Ideas to change the employment of people with disability: Moving Australia from 21 out of 29 OECD countries, to the top ten.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
QIFVLS Gala Dinner
Mick Gooda addresses lateral violence at Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS) Gala Dinner
Children's Rights
Privileging the voice of children in family law
I want to start by sharing with you the views of 14-year-old Rani who was – as part of a custody case – the subject of a lengthy dispute about contact. Rani had an independent children’s lawyer and a family report to present ‘her best interests’ to the judge. However she still felt totally excluded from the decision-making process.
Commission – General
Time for rethink on asylum seeker treatment
I am gravely concerned that Australia's practices in relation to asylum seekers risk serious breaches of fundamental rights and freedoms under the human rights treaties by which Australia is bound.
Children's Rights
Walking the talk: Towards authentic child voice
It’s fantastic to be amongst so many people committed to the wellbeing of Australia’s children. I’m thrilled to have been invited today by Prue Warrilow, Brian Babington and Families Australia and feel honoured to deliver the Berry Street Childhood Institute Families Australia Oration as my first speaking engagement as inaugural National Children’s Commissioner.
Disability Rights
Keynote Address for 4th Annual National Disability Summit (2013)
Graeme Innes talks about how the NDIS could be improved today
Sex Discrimination
The face of gender-based discrimination in Australian workplaces
UN Women 2013 International Women’s Day Panel: Implicit stereotypes, explicit solutions: overcoming gender-based discrimination in the workplace Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building, UN 1.15 – 2.30pm, Friday 8 March ** CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** The different faces of gender discrimination in...
Sex Discrimination
The pros and cons of a Convention on the elimination of violence against women and girls
[Statement read by Alison Aggarwal, Principal Adviser, Sex Discrimination Team, Australian Human Rights Commission] Thinking Big: A Convention on Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls AWAVA Parallel Event Commission on the Status of Women, 57 th Session 10th Floor, Church Centre. 12.30pm...
Rights and Freedoms
Freedom of speech is not in danger in Australia (2013)
Freedom of speech is alive and well in Australia but, with respect to Voltaire, we will not defend to the death those who abuse this right by vilifying others in public on the ground of race.
Rights and Freedoms
Tweaking the draft bill could preserve core reforms
The proposed anti-discrimination law has critics, but it delivers a balanced package. If the release of the exposure draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 was intended to stimulate public discussion about an important reform initiative, it has clearly done what it set out to do.
Women in Leadership: Equality and the Business Case
Speech delivered to the 25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference
Media centre
Visit our media centre for up to date contact details for all media enquiries.