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Rights and Freedoms

Rural and Remote Education - Tasmania

Rural and Remote Education - Tasmania Submissions Tasmanian Government Tasmanian Catholic Education Commission Tasmanian Council of State School Parents and Friends Association Inc. Tasmanian hearings and meetings Devonport, 3 November 1999 Public meeting - notes Secondary students meeting - notes...

Rights and Freedoms

Scoping Survey - Rural and Remote Education Inquiry (1999)

3,128 people responded to the survey by completing questionnaires individually, in groups, on the website or over the phone during a 2-day Phone In in August 1999. More than half (55%) of the respondents were rural and remote students.

Rights and Freedoms

Rural and Remote Education - National

Central to ATSIC's submission is a discussion of barriers to effective education for Indigenous students. Ill-health, discrimination and family mobility are among the issues discussed.

Rights and Freedoms

Rural and Remote Education - Qld

The Inquiry attended the second annual Croc Eisteddfod in Weipa on Cape York. The two day festival (7-8 July) was attended by 23 Queensland schools and one from NSW (Coonamble High School). The Inquiry met with students from

Rights and Freedoms

Rural and Remote Education - Victoria

Rural and Remote Education - Victoria Submissions Department of Education, Employment and Training Extracts from submissions Education costs Distance education Information technology Teacher incentives, development and retention Victorian hearings and meetings Bairnsdale, 11 November 1999 Secondary...

Education

Human rights education in the vocational education sector

At the Australian Human Rights Commission, we aim to educate people to understand their rights and provide them with the knowledge and skills to be able to bring about positive change in their lives and in their communities. The Commission has a mandate to undertake educational programs that promote...

Rights and Freedoms

Rural and Remote Education - NSW

Rural and Remote Education - NSW Submissions Catholic Education Office, Canberra-Goulburn NSW Department of Education and Training Extracts from submissions Indigenous education Non-government schools Teachers and other education workers Accessibility NSW hearings and meetings Bourke, 1 March 1999...

Children's Rights

Submissions - examination of family and domestic violence affecting children

62 written submissions were received in response to the National Children's Commissioner's examination into the impact of family and domestic violence affecting children in 2015. Submissions were received from individuals, government, private and non-government organisations. Some submissions are...

Rights and Freedoms

Rural and Remote Education - SA

Rural and Remote Education - SA Submissions South Australian Government South Australian Independent Schools Board Extracts from submissions Financial support Technological support Students with disabilities Accessibility Education funding SA hearings and meetings Adelaide, 9 August 1999 Public...

Rights and Freedoms

Rural and Remote Education - WA

Rural and Remote Education - WA Submissions Education Department of WA WA Farmers Federation Extracts from submissions Education funding WA hearings and meetings Billiluna, 14 May 1999 Community meeting - notes School meeting - notes Kununurra, 17 May 1999 Public hearing - summary and transcript...

International

HRTC highlights newsletter - Jan 2017

Working internationally to advance human rights Welcome HRTC Highlights is a bi-annual newsletter that provides updates on Human Rights Technical Cooperation (HRTC) Programs and other international activities undertaken by the Australian Human Rights Commission. Contents Advancing DV crisis...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Reconciliation Action Plan 2012

Reconciliation is important to the Australian Human Rights Commission. First it enables us to build the cultural diversity of our organisation so we are better placed to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to understand and exercise their human rights; secondly as it is appropriate...