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14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The National Association of Community Based Children's Services (NACBCS) represents long day care, preschool, occasional care and outside school hours care services that are community owned and managed. The members of NACBCS predominantly work in direct contact with children and families in the services and advocate for quality childcare services for young children. -
Legal14 December 2012Speech
Law Seminar 2007: Indigenous Stolen Wages Inquiry held by Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Senator Russell Trood
Speaking Notes for a seminar organised by Human Rights and Equal Rights Commission on the topic of Indigenous Stolen Wages Inquiry held by Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee by Senator Russell Trood Senator for Queensland 9 March 2007 Inquiry Initiated by Senator Bartlett, Democrat Queensland Inquiry much indebted to the research of Dr Ros Kidd Inquiry began in October 2006,… -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Launch Mental Health Brochures & Fact Sheets
Diversity in Health is a conference about health. Multicultural Mental Health Australia is a multicultural health service. Vision Australia deals with issues and needs of people with print disability. What have these services and issues got to do with human rights, and why am I launching them? I'd like to reflect on these questions, and strongly argue that there is a fundamental connection… -
Commission – General9 May 2019Webpage
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Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into Australia’s agreement with Malaysia in relation to asylum seekers
Recommendation 1: Asylum seekers should not be transferred from Australia to Malaysia under the Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Malaysia on Transfer and Resettlement. -
25 September 2013Book page
11 Further information
As mentioned above, the Commission has worked and continues to work on a range of human rights issues connected with the Internet. Further information can be found on the Commission’s webpage ‘Human rights and the Internet’, at http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human-rights-and-internet. This includes links to the Commission’s work relating to: access and accessibility for people with disability… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice8 July 2019Speech
Maranguka Education, Employment and Training Community Summit
Acknowledgements Jalangurru lanygu balangarri. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Ngemba yani U. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani. Yathawarra, wilalawarra jalangurru ngarri guda. Good day everyone. I acknowledge the traditional owners, the Ngemba peoples, of the land we meet on today. This is the first time the ears of this land hears my language… -
3 January 2014Book page
2 Background and framework for promotion and protection of human rights
2.1 Scope of international obligations During Australia’s review, the Government made a commitment to improving Australia’s monitoring of its international human rights obligations. Australia is a party to seven of the core human rights treaties and maintains a number of reservations under these. The Australian Government made a commitment to conduct a comprehensive review of such… -
14 December 2012Book page
Welfare to Work submission
Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry on the Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Amendment (Welfare to work and other Measures) Bill 2005 and the Family and Community Services Amendment (Welfare to Work) Bill 2005 (together 'the Bills') -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008 - Appendix 3
The recommendations put forward in this report cover an extraordinarily wide spectrum. Many will require considerable detailed development and negotiation before they can be put into place. -
28 January 2013Webpage
2012 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners
Human Rights Medal 2012 winner Ian Thorpe OAM Human Rights Medal Ian Thorpe OAM His exploits in the pool have made him a household name, but what is less known is that Ian Thorpe has spent more than a decade as a passionate advocate for Indigenous people and young Australians. His Fountain for Youth charity is working with twenty remote communities across the country. Thorpe has taken a… -
14 December 2012Book page
4. Creating a safe and healthy workplace for all
The most effective way to attract and support competent and productive workers is to ensure a healthy and safe work environment for everyone including workers with mental illness. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Pathways to Employment
Thanks for the opportunity to speak to this conference today. You are embarking on this topic, in my view, at just the right time. Unemployment is the lowest it has been for over a decade. Our economy is strong and needing more employees, and our population is ageing, reducing the relative size of the workforce. In coming years, there will be fewer of us to support more of us, so as many people… -
13 November 2014Book page
People and performance
Organisational excellence The Commission is accredited as an ‘A status’ national human rights institution (NHRI) by the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The ICC is responsible for accrediting new NHRIs, as well as re-accrediting existing NHRIs every five years, according to a rigorous and transparent process… -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Futures: Victorian Rural Health Forum: Chris Sidoti (1999)
I am pleased to be participating in the opening of the Futures Victorian Rural Health Forum. I would also like to thank Neil Roxburgh and the Country AIDS Network (CAN) for inviting me to speak. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
1. BACKGROUND TO UNAA's CONCERN 2. THIS INQUIRY 3. AUSTRALIA'S INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS 4. MANDATORY DETENTION OF CHILDREN, and ALTERNATIVES 5. CHILD ASYLUM SEEKERS IN DETENTION AND THE COMMUNITY 6. IMPACT OF DETENTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN 7. MEASURES REQUIRED TO PROTECT INTERESTS OF CHILDREN 8. MEASURES FOR PROTECTING INTERESTS OF CHILD ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES 9… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Consideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) in its consideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The National Program on Refugees and Displaced People operates under the Christian World Service Commission of the National Council of Churches in Australia, which has been assisting refugees to resettle in Australia since 1948. -
Employers19 February 2015Quick Guide
Vision Impairment
A guide for employers to support employees with vision impairments in the workplace. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 2 - The Age Discrimination Act
The ADA commenced operation on 23 June 2004. At the date of publication there have been a limited number of cases in which the ADA has been considered[1] and there has not yet been a successful claim of unlawful age discrimination. This chapter therefore focuses on the background to the legislation and its significant features as well as highlighting some similarities and differences with other…
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