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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. -
19 August 2024Book page
‘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 Rights20 August 2024Project
‘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. -
9 July 2024Book page
Submissions - ‘Help way earlier!’
Submitted By 1 Australian Youth Commission Attachment 1 2 Professor Stuart A Kinner, Curtin University 3 KidsXpress 4 Dr George Manos 5 Confidential 6 QUT Australian Centre for Health Law Research Attachment 1 7 Office of the Custodial Inspector Tasmania 8 Confidential 9 Confidential 10 Professor Rob White, University of Tasmania Attachment 1 Attachment 2 11 Anne Jackson 12 Confidential 13 … -
Race Discrimination18 September 2024Publication
Mapping government anti-racism programs and policies
This report enhances the Commission’s understanding of how Australia's national, state, territory and local governments engage in anti-racism work. It describes the nature and scope of their policies and programs over the past five years. -
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. -
Commission – General11 September 2024E-bulletin (Monthly)
September 2024: Commission News | President's Message
Dear friends, It was good to reflect at the recent Law Institute of Victoria Legal Sector Dinner on access to justice, the role of lawyers and the law. Too often our legal system delivers unequal access to justice – different standards of justice depending on who you are, where you live and how much is in your bank account. Laws granting people rights are meaningless if people can’t enforce… -
Commission – General20 February 2013Webpage
Help for Small Business
These responsibilities are set out in a range of Commonwealth and state and territory anti-discrimination laws - the goal being to protect people from unlawful behaviour. -
Commission – General3 September 2024Speech
Law Institute of Victoria Legal Sector Dinner
Our legal system frequently provides unequal access to justice, with varying standards based on one’s identity, location, and financial status. Rights granted by law are ineffective if they cannot be enforced. A speech by Hugh de Krester. -
27 September 2018Webpage
Get Help
If you need help or support, you can explore this section to find organisations and resources that provide assistance to those in need. -
Children's Rights2 September 2024Media Release
A tragic start to National Child Protection Week
As the launch of National Child Protection Week throws the spotlight on creating better futures where children and young people flourish, the National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds is speaking up for the thousands of children whose futures are bleak because Australian governments do not prioritise their human rights to safety, care and protection. Commissioner Hollonds said: “It was… -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Get Help: Bullying, violence and harassment
A comprehensive list of support services and resources is available on the AHRC website. -
14 December 2012Book page
Mature Workers: 4. Help for Employers
Tackling discrimination and harassment in the workplace is legal obligation for all employers – but it’s also good for business. It can help you get the best for person for the job and reduce the potential for costly complaints and disruptions. -
Children's Rights27 October 2021News story
Child-friendly guide to help understand child sexual abuse
The Australian Human Rights Commission has worked with the National Office for Child Safety to develop a guide to help children and young people understand child sexual abuse, and how to seek help. The guide was launched today to support Australia’s first ever National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse. National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds said: “Child sexual… -
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. -
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. -
Children's Rights23 August 2024Media Release
A step backwards for child justice and community safety in Queensland
The Queensland Government’s ‘Community Safety Act’ allowing more children to be locked up in the first instance is another step backwards for child justice and community safety, National Children’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds said. “We all want to live in communities where kids can flourish and where everyone is safe, especially children. But this approach to offending by children doesn’t… -
Age Discrimination9 September 2024Media Release
New report recommends Australia urgently creates nationally consistent enduring powers of attorney laws
Age Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM has said Commonwealth and State and Territory governments must act now to achieve national consistency in laws governing enduring power of attorney, following the release of a new report. -
Children's Rights20 August 2024Media Release
New report proposes transforming Australia’s approach to child justice and wellbeing
In a major new report, Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner is calling for significant changes to how our federal, state and territory governments approach child justice and the wellbeing of children who are or who are at risk of being caught up in the criminal justice system. -
Rights and Freedoms17 October 2022Media Release
New report aims to help fast-track Australia’s OPCAT implementation process
A new report released today by the Australian Human Rights Commission outlines activities required to expedite Australia’s sluggish approach to implementing the United Nation’s Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Informed by the Commission’s recent National OPCAT Symposium, the Road Map to OPCAT Compliance…
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