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Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President Speech: Conservation, Participation and Human Rights
First, may I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice2 May 2018Speech
2018 Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture, University of Western Australia
Acknowledgments Good evening everyone. I would like to acknowledge the Noongar people the custodians of this land, and all their elders, past, present and emerging. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Wurundjeri yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi – gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira ngarragi thangani… -
14 December 2012Book page
Discussion Paper: Living Wills
This is a submission from Brad Wronski, senior member of the Individual Advocacy (mental health) Program, at Disability Action Inc., South Australia. This program has been in existence for 4 1/2 years, in which time we have provided advocacy to over 370 individuals with various forms and degrees of mental illness. Issues surrounding involuntary treatment currently account for over 10% of our work… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
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Thank you Attorney General, and Minister Carr, and Parliamentary Secretary Shorten, for the invitation to participate in this launch of the Premises Standards. And thank you Ms Rein for your support of this important event. And its appropriate that the launch takes place in this building- one of the few in Australia with braille on its walls. Sadly, though, Qantas wouldn't let me bring my ladder… -
Children's Rights15 March 2018Media Release
Reappointment of National Children’s Commissioner
The Australian Human Rights Commission welcomes the reappointment of National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell. Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, said Commissioner Mitchell would continue strengthening protections for children’s rights in Australia. “This is a marvellous opportunity for Megan to consolidate five years of… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President Speech: From international principles to everyday reality: human rights education in Australia (2010)
I join with those who have spoken before me in acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Dharug people, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present. -
Sex Discrimination14 December 2012Speech
Human rights, Democracy and Women's Choices
Review a speech about human rights, democracy and women's choices delivered by former Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Pru Goward in Newcastle in 2002. -
Children's Rights4 August 2017Speech
Creating safety: Building respect, resilience and relationships using children’s rights
National Suicide Prevention Conference 2017 Delivered on Friday 28 July 2017 Introduction It’s a pleasure to be invited here today to present at this year’s Suicide Prevention Conference. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land we gather on today, and pay my respects to Elders past, present and future. I’d also like to take this opportunity to remember… -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
MR BROMWICH: Commissioner, before we start, I have been asked to place a concern on the record and I don't mean this to be in any sense a personal matter but it will have that flavour, I suppose. I've been asked to express a concern that there be no repeat of the sarcasm and personal attacks that were on occasions made yesterday. Commissioner, we are not aware that there has been the same… -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
FORUM ON HEALTH ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
I said when I first wrote inviting you to this forum that I had been receiving representations seeking action on a range of health issues for people with disabilities, including: -
Race Discrimination14 December 2012Speech
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Centuries ago a great many of the inhabitants of this beautiful island were wiped out by colonization and its aftermath. The disappearance of so many is a solemn reminder of the injustice done to the first peoples of this land. Their violent absence is a presence that calls for us to reflect on injustices, suffering and reconciliation in the broadest sense. To them I pay my respects. -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
Making rights relevant
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. Whilst planning this speech, I was thinking that it was a long time since the first time that I addressed an NDS (then Acrod) conference. I was asked to give the Kenneth Jenkins memorial oration at the Acrod conference in the early 80s, as the first President of DPI Australia. The speech then was just the type that you would expect from the… -
25 September 2013Book page
6 Some regulatory challenges
The challenge of finding the appropriate balance between rights is not one which is specific to the Internet.It is difficult to know if Australian laws that limit freedom of expression in the interests of other rights, or on other permissible grounds, have ‘drawn the line’ appropriately without a comprehensive review of such laws. In New Zealand, a legislative review undertaken by the New… -
Rights and Freedoms8 April 2015Speech
Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture. Australia's Transgender Awakening
The Isabelle Lake Memorial Lecture is an initiative of the Equal Opportunity Commission of Western Australia in partnership with the University of Western Australia to honour the work and achievements of Ms Isabelle Lake. Ms Lake was a young trans rights activist, who was also a former employee of the Equal Opportunity Commission and University of Western Australia student. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice1 December 2017Media Release
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Women’s Voices ‘Securing Our Rights, Securing Our Future’
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO will today launch the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project. The project will be led by the Australian Human Rights Commission in partnership with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Commissioner Oscar will be joined by the Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion at today’s… -
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… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Notice of temporary exemption application: Australian Subscription Television And Radio Association (ASTRA)
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received, by letter dated 12 April 2004, an application for temporary exemption under section 55 of the DDA regarding the provision of captions on subscription television, for a period of five years. -
14 December 2012Book page
Same Sex: Speech
Welcome to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Brisbane public hearing on the National Inquiry into Discrimination against People in Same-Sex Relationships: Financial and Work-Related Entitlements and Benefits. -
Employers18 February 2015Quick Guide
Languages
Treating someone differently because of the language that they speak may be against the law. Find out more in this quick guide for employers. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
"The Content of an Australian Bill of Rights": DR SEV OZDOWSKI OAM (2002)
It is a pleasure to be able to address you today and I would first like to acknowledge the Gadigal people, the traditional custodians of the land on which we stand.
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