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Commission – General23 August 2024Speech
A Human Rights Act for Australia
Human rights are the blueprint for a decent, dignified life for all. Human rights are the key to creating the kind of society we all want to live in. A speech by Commission President, Hugh de Krester. -
Children's Rights19 August 2024Publication
‘Help way earlier!’ – transforming child justice
Read Help way earlier, a report by the National Children's Commissioner on how Australia can transform child justice to improve safety and wellbeing. -
Children's Rights12 September 2024News story
Children's Commissioner welcomes Senate Inquiry into child justice
National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the establishment of a Federal Senate Inquiry into Australia’s child justice system, saying it has come at a critical time to prevent further systemic failures harming children and young people. -
Rights and Freedoms14 August 2024Media Release
Commission supports Bill to recognise adequate housing as a human right
The Australian Human Rights Commission has supported a private member’s bill that would recognise the human right to adequate housing and support improved housing outcomes for all Australians. -
Commission – General8 August 2024E-bulletin (Monthly)
August 2024: Commission News | President's message
The Australian Human Rights Commission is a vital national institution which has been promoting justice and human rights for Australians for close to forty years. It is an honour to write to you as the Commission’s new President. -
Age Discrimination20 August 2024Submission
Inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse (2024)
Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services -
Commission – General29 July 2024News story
Hugh de Kretser commences as Human Rights Commission President
The new President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Hugh de Kretser, said maintaining the push to see a national Human Rights Act introduced will be among his key priorities, as he today commenced in the role. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice24 July 2024Webpage
Informing the Agenda Project - About the Project (Participant Information Sheet)
Project Overview / Privacy Collection Statement The Australian Human Rights Commission invites you to contribute to the Informing the Agenda Project. 1. What is the Project about? The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner is inviting surveys and submissions as well as engaging in face-to-face and two online engagements to contribute to the Informing the Agenda Project ( Project)… -
Commission – General27 August 2024News story
Statement by Commission President Hugh de Kretser
Australian Human Rights Commission President Hugh de Kretser has expressed concerns about calls for Palestinians fleeing Gaza to be denied entry to Australia. -
Disability Rights31 July 2024Media Release
Commissioner urges stronger government commitment to Disability Royal Commission findings
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess has urged the Federal Government to make a stronger commitment to the Disability Royal Commission’s recommendations, if the vision for a more inclusive Australia is to ever be achieved. -
Technology and Human Rights7 August 2024Submission
Criminalising deepfake sexual material
Learn more about proposed amendments to the Criminal Code which criminalises the creation and transmission of sexual deepfakes. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 July 2024Speech
EMRIP- Systemic failure to support wellbeing of First Nations children
Statement from Katie Kiss, 17th EMRIP session focusing on Indigenous rights and participation. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice25 July 2024Media Release
Commissioner Katie Kiss pays tribute to Linda Burney
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss today paid tribute to Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, who has resigned from the frontbench and will not contest the next election. -
Race Discrimination2 July 2024Speech
The role of NHRIs in promoting equality and non-discrimination
The role of NHRIs in promoting equality and non-discrimination, with a focus on Africans and people of African descent Regional Meeting for Asia and the Pacific region on the International Decade for People of African Descent President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Introduction and context I would like to thank the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, for his opening -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice10 July 2024Speech
EMRIP- The lack of constitutional recognition of First Nations Peoples
Statement from Katie Kiss at the 17th EMRIP session which advises on Indigenous rights and participation. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice30 August 2024Media Release
Call for urgent child justice reforms following death of teenager in WA youth detention centre
Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss, National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds, and Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay have expressed their sadness and disappointment following the death yesterday of a First Nations teenager who was incarcerated in Western Australia’s Banksia Hill youth detention centre. -
Disability Rights28 August 2024Media Release
Government White Paper a good start to address aviation failures towards people with disability
The Disability Discrimination Commissioner has broadly supported reform initiatives by the federal government to improve the aviation industry, but warned the proposed changes may not be enough to fully address the discrimination and undignified treatment of people with disability. -
Children's Rights10 July 2024Media Release
National Children’s Commissioner calls for children to be recognised as victims in their own right
The tragic deaths of three children in Sydney’s west over the weekend is yet another reminder of the fact that children are not just ‘witnesses’ of domestic, family and sexual violence - they are victims in their own right. -
Commission – General3 July 2024Speech
National Press Club Address - President Rosalind Croucher - 3 July
Free + Equal: safeguarding the rights of all Australians Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FAAL FRSA FACLM(Hon) FRSN I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land on which we are meeting today, and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and to any First Nations People attending in person or watching today’s broadcast. Commissioner… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice11 July 2024Speech
EMRIP - The impacts of First Nations engagement with justice systems
Statement from Katie Kiss at the 17th EMRIP session which advises on Indigenous rights and participation.