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Education14 March 2019Teachers Article
Disability Discrimination in Sport
Read, Disability Discrimination in Sport, which encourages students to investigate the barriers people with disabilities face when participating in sports. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
Surviving the bush: health and rural communities: Chris Sidoti (1999)
I would like to thank the Victorian Healthcare Association for inviting me to speak today. I hope that the Congress has been stimulating and has provided all of you with both an understanding of the problems facing healthcare in Australia, and some sense of optimism for what can be achieved to improve the health outcomes for all Australians. -
Rights and Freedoms22 August 2013Speech
United Nations of Association of Australia National Conference
United Nations of Association of Australia National Conference Great Hall, University HouseAustralian National University, Canberra 10 August 20139.40am Professor Gillian TriggsPresident, Australian Human Rights Commission Australia and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Download slides I would like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal People, the Traditional Owners of the land upon which we… -
14 December 2012Book page
3 Theme One - Economic Independence for Women: Listening Tour Report
I'm a mother who has been out of the paid workforce for two years and will probably be for the next 4 years, until my children are ready for pre-school. My return to work will probably be on a part-time basis and I will probably have to re-start my career after so many years out so I don't expect that I will earn very much. I never thought this would be the case - I studied for many years, earned… -
16 May 2013Book page
Chapter 2: Attraction
View Chapter 2 as PDF View Chapter 2 as Word Strategies to attract more women to consider and apply for opportunities within male-dominated industriesThere is a skills shortage in Australia and 45% of Australian employers are having difficulty filling key positions in their organisations. Employers have the most difficulty finding skilled trades people and engineers, both of which have… -
14 December 2012Book page
It's your right! ESL DVD scripts
Narrator: The people in the following story refer to HREOC. In your workbooks, it is called the Australian Human Rights Commission. This is because HREOC recently changed its name to the Australian Human Rights Commission. So HREOC is the old name and the Australian Human Rights Commission is the new name for the same organisation. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Cinema captioning exemption application: Request for responses to issues raised in submissions
I write to you concerning your application under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) for a Temporary Exemption in relation to the provision of captioning and audio description. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2008-2009: Chapter 1
The objective of the Commission’s new strategic plan is to build on the Commission’s strengths so that it is in a better position to help build an Australian culture where human rights are understood, respected and enjoyed by ‘everyone, everywhere, everyday’. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Australian Human Rights Commission’s submission to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (2011)
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the opportunity to submit comments on the cross-curriculum priorities. As stated in our previous submissions, we appreciate the consultative approach taken by ACARA to the development of the national school curriculum. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill
Recommendation 1: That item 13 of the Bill be amended by inserting a second note after new s 60B(4) that reads ‘the Act be interpreted consistently with Australia’s obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, wherever relevant’. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Presentation to University of NSW
To set the scene for my presentation this afternoon, I want to share two autobiographical fragments with you, both of them having to do with my experience at university. -
Sex Discrimination7 February 2020Publication
Community Guide to the Sexual Harassment National Inquiry Report 2020
Read the message from Kate Jenkins urging all employers to join her in creating safe, gender-equal and inclusive workplaces, no matter their industry or size. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice2 August 2023Webpage
The history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples advocating for the right to be heard
There is a long history of First Nations people advocating for the right to representation and participation in decisions that affect them. The events listed are a selection of moments in history when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have taken action to call for large-scale change by Australian governments to realise their Indigenous rights, demonstrating the history leading to the… -
14 December 2012Book page
14. Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Detention
Most children come to Australia with their parents, but some come alone, either sent by their family for their protection or because they have lost their family in a crisis. -
Age Discrimination27 April 2023Publication
Talking about my generation (2023)
This report presents the findings from a series of online discussions in February 2021 where participants aged 18-24 discussed the key priorities for Gen Z. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention - Background Paper 2: Culture and Identity
In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, a child belonging to such a minority shall not be denied the right, in community with other members of his or her group, to enjoy his or her own culture, to profess and practise his or her own religion, or to use his or her own language. -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1996
1.1 The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ("the Commission") has already presented a written submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee ("the Committee") in respect of the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1996 (Cth) ("the Bill") (copy annexed). The Commission also attended before the Committee on Tuesday 11 March 1997… -
14 December 2012Book page
Contributors - Us Taken-Away Kids: commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 'Bringing them home' report
‘Finding my Family’, Rooth Wilay Robertson My painting depicts each family member, with all the different skin colours, as puzzle pieces finally all joined up to complete our story. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President speech: ‘A Human Rights Act for Australia’ - Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Luncheon
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Presentation toRound Table on Information Access For People with Print Disabilities
I've always had a yearning to be in the Guinness Book of Records, and so I decided, in preparation for today, to give the shortest presentation ever made by a staff member of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. My presentation thus consists of just seven letters: a question of 4 letters, and an answer of 3 letters. The question is SSDD, and the answer is DDA.
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