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Disability Rights4 April 2024Webpage
Lisa Stafford
Learn about IncludeAbility Ambassador Lisa Stafford pursuing a career while living with multiple autoimmune inflammatory diseases and neurological conditions. -
Disability Rights4 April 2024Webpage
Audrey O'Connor
Hear IncludeAbility Ambassador Audrey O’Connor’s thoughts on working with disability, her career journey and why meaningful employment matters to her. -
Rights and Freedoms18 May 2017Publication
OPCAT in Australia Consultation Paper (2017)
OPCAT in Australia Consultation Paper MAY 2017 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 What is OPCAT? 2.1 National Preventive Mechanism 2.2 Sub-committee on the Prevention of Torture 3 The NPM model 4 Key issues for consideration 4.1 Stocktake of places of detention 4.2 Definitional issues – what does OPCAT cover? 4.3 Progressive implementation of OPCAT 4.4 Scope of the role of the NPM 4.5… -
Business and Human Rights22 December 2021Media Release
Australian and New Zealand Human Rights Commissions and FIFA publish Human Rights Risk Assessment ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™
The Australian Human Rights Commission, the New Zealand Human Rights Commission along with FIFA have today published a Human Rights Risk Assessment for the next FIFA Women's World Cup, to be held in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand in 2023. The assessment examined the potential human rights impact of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ on players, spectators, workers and local communities in … -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice28 May 2020Opinion piece
Learning from crisis
Six weeks ago I returned to my traditional homeland near Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia. Thanks to modern technology, I am working remotely and continuing my duties as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. Like many Aboriginal people, I chose to return to Country because COVID-19 travel restrictions made homeland communities the safest place to see out the… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees23 October 2019Publication
Mr BP, Ms BQ and Miss BR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Report into complaint of breach of non-refoulement obligations, arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child -
Rights and Freedoms18 November 2020Webpage
How are our human rights protected in law in Australia during COVID-19?
Discover how existing human rights laws continue to apply in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect the rights of all citizens. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 3
Within months of the `First Fleet' arrival at Sydney Cove in 1788 there was `open animosity' as Indigenous people protested against `the Europeans cutting down trees, taking their food and game, and driving them back into others' territories'. Bitter conflict followed as Aboriginal people engaged in `guerilla warfare - plundering crops, burning huts, and driving away stock' to be met by `punitive… -
14 December 2012Book page
The Road So Far – the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) (2011)
When the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) (the Age Discrimination Act or the Act) was introduced in 2004 it heralded a new era in the recognition of age discrimination in Australia. Subsequently, the Australian Human Rights Commission published a paper ‘Roadmap to the Age Discrimination Act’ which provided an analysis of the Act as it was conceived in 2004.[1] -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 4: Cultural safety and security: Tools to address lateral violence - Social Justice Report 2011
Lateral violence is a multilayered, complex problem and because of this our strategies also need to be pitched at different levels. In Chapter 3 I have looked at the big picture, with the human rights framework as our overarching response to lateral violence. In this Chapter I will be taking our strategies to an even more practical level, looking at how we can create environments of cultural… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees2 July 2020Opinion piece
Blanket bans would be unacceptable
During lockdown, many of us – myself included – have become even more reliant on our mobile phones. They have kept us in contact with parents, children and grandchildren, our colleagues and friends during this difficult time. When my two-year old first saw his grandmother on a smartphone, he squealed with delight. It wasn’t quite the same as being together — he pawed at the screen to try to… -
14 December 2012Book page
11. Children with Disabilities in Immigration Detention
One of the underlying goals of international and Australian laws relating to children with disabilities is to provide the highest possible level of support and assistance in the least restrictive way. Laws, policies and programs should be designed to ensure that children with disabilities have the opportunity to participate, to the maximum extent possible, in all aspects of the general community. -
14 December 2012Book page
9. Mental Health of Children in Immigration Detention
This chapter addresses the impact of the detention environment on the mental health of children and the measures taken to address their mental health needs. Consistent with the breadth of protection given to the welfare of children under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Inquiry uses the term mental health to describe the psychological well-being of children as well as… -
Disability Rights2 May 2024Webpage
Attracting and recruiting people with disability to your organisation
Discover how to recruit people with disability and demonstrate a commitment to accessibility and inclusion as organisational values. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice17 March 2021Publication
Close the Gap (2021)
Leadership and legacy through crises: keeping our mob safe Prepared by the Lowitja Institute for the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee Foreword On behalf of the Close the Gap Campaign’s 54 members, we invite you to engage with our 12th annual report titled, Leadership and Legacy Through Crises: Keeping our Mob safe. This year’s report was produced by the Lowitja Institute, Australia… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice29 May 2019Opinion piece
Indigenous Australians can be bystanders no longer
Two years ago, we gathered in the red dust for a ceremony at Uluru and offered a gift to all Australians. There was a great sense of hope about what this gift could deliver. A new beginning, an opportunity to re-define who we are as a country. A country that celebrates its First Peoples and resets the relationship between all Australians for a better future. Despite the recent setbacks and… -
Rights and Freedoms1 December 2020Video
Balancing Human Rights During COVID19
Protecting public health and protecting human rights are not mutually exclusive choices – but how do we keep the balance between the two? What safeguards do we need to protect rights and freedoms in Australia and prevent the ‘creeping authoritarianism’ we have witnessed elsewhere in the world? These were just some of the big questions of our time discussed by the panellists during the … -
Disability Rights21 March 2024Webpage
The IncludeAbility Employer Network - The ABC
IncludeAbility Employer Network member ABC knows that ensuring greater diversity and inclusion is not only the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do. -
Technology and Human Rights23 November 2020Media Release
Historical bias in AI systems
Learn more about how historical bias in data sets can negatively impact developing and deploying ethical AI. -
Disability Rights28 April 2021Publication
Adaptable housing for people with disability in Australia
There are 4.4 million people with disability in Australia, yet the availability of appropriate accessible housing remains a challenge for many Australians with disability.
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