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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 …

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 am writing to express my serious concerns about the health and well-being of children, pregnant and lactating women and women of child bearing age in the groups of asylum seekers presently locked up in detention centres. I am also concerned about the men.

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…

Insights and outcomes from the national inquiry into children in immigration detention.

This week's conference could not happen at a more opportune time. While we discuss ways to engage Indigenous communities, as we listen to that ways government can engage with its citizens, a radical change is occurring in the way the Australian government and Indigenous Australians engage.

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.

There is an urgent need for sound policy in Indigenous affairs. Chapter 1 of the Social Justice Report 2006 considers what some of the key elements of good Indigenous policy making are.

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…