Refine results
-
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 1998 : Appendix 4: Summary of Governments' Responses to Recommendations
This table provides a collective overview of the responses made by governments to the Inquiry's Recommendations. Analysis of government responses together with details of individual government initiatives, where they are known, are provided in the body of the Implementation Report. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: Appendix three: Extract from findings of Coronial inquests in petrol sniffing on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands
This appendix contains an extract from the findings of Coroner Chivell in the inquests of the South Australian Coroner's Court into the deaths of three Anangu on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands between 1999-2001.[1] The full findings of the Coroner can be accessed online at the following address:http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/ courts/coroner/findings/findings_2002/kunmanara_ken.finding.htm -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2006: Chapter 4: South Australia’s State-Wide Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) Framework
In most states and territories of Australia, Indigenous Land Use Agreements (ILUAs) are negotiated on a case by case basis between the relevant parties, usually traditional owners, governments and industry groups. South Australia however, has taken a more comprehensive approach to these agreements. The South Australian Government, Indigenous traditional land owners and industry stakeholders have… -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 23
Family law plays a role in the `placement and care' of Indigenous children when parenting disputes come before the Family Court of Australia (except in WA where the State Family Court deals with all family law matters) or those lower courts, presided over by magistrates, which have power to deal with them. The parents do not have to be married: children born outside marriage are treated in the… -
Disability Rights3 August 2016Publication
Access for all: Improving accessibility for consumers with disability
Introduction This resource provides practical tips for businesses on improving access to goods, services, facilities, premises and information for consumers with disability. Following these tips will not only reduce the likelihood of discrimination complaints against your business, but will also increase your access to the market, and benefit the community, through greater economic… -
14 December 2012Book page
2010 Immigration detention on Christmas Island
This report contains a summary of observations made by the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) during its 2010 visit to the immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island. -
14 December 2012Book page
Chapter 1: The Commission. Annual Report 2006-2007.
HREOC is a national independent statutory body established under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986. It has a President and five Commissioners. The five positions are currently held by three persons. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 8
The general opinion of station people is that it is a mistake to take these children out of the bush. They say that the aboriginal mothers are fond of their children and in their own way look after them and provide for them and that when they grow up they are more easily absorbed and employed than those who have been taken out of their natural environment and removed to towns. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: chapter 3
The issue of participation of people with disability in the open workforce has been the subject of much public debate in recent months. This is largely the result of the 'Welfare to Work' package announced in the May 2005 Commonwealth Budget. However, the issue is a longstanding one, as indicated in the submissions to the Inquiry. -
14 December 2012Book page
Indigenous Deaths in Custody: Part E Profiles: Indigenous Deaths in Custody 1989 - 1996
The death was the result of coronary atherosclerosis. There is no evidence which creates any suspicion that there was a causal link between the deceased being held in custody and his death. -
14 December 2012Book page
Annual Report 2001-2002: Chapter 2
The 2000-01 reporting year was a year of consolidation for the Commissions Complaint Handling Section (CHS) following the legislative changes to the complaint handling function in April 2000. -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 14
The Government has to explain why it happened. What was the intention? I have to know why I was taken. I have to know why I was given the life I was given and why I'm scarred today. Why was my Mum meant to suffer? Why was I made to suffer with no Aboriginality and no identity, no culture? Why did they think that the life they gave me was better than the one my Mum would give me? -
14 December 2012Book page
Human Rights: On the record: Recruitment (Chapter 5)
If an employer has a fair and open process of dealing with the disclosure of criminal records at the outset, many complaints of discrimination can be avoided. -
14 December 2012Book page
17. Major Findings and Recommendations of the Inquiry
In addition to the detailed findings in each of Chapters 5-16, the Inquiry has made the following major findings in relation to Australia's mandatory immigration detention system as it applied to children who arrived in Australia without a visa (unauthorised arrivals) over the period 1999-2002. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2006: Chapter 3: Addressing the fundamental flaw of the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs – the absence of principled engagement with Indigenous peoples
This is the third successive Social Justice Report to report on the implementation of the new arrangements for Indigenous affairs at the federal government level. The past two Social Justice Reports have emphasised the importance of governments ensuring the effective participation of Indigenous peoples in decision making that affects our lives. This includes the development of policy, program… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2001: Summary
1. Ten Years on from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 2. Mutual Obligation, Welfare Reform and Indigenous Participation: A Human Rights Perspective -
14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Chapter 5
5.1 Introduction 5.2 Signs of change 5.3 Changing family structures require additional social support 5.4 Translating values into reality 5.5 Sharing care 5.6 Distributing household tasks fairly 5.7 Caring for people beyond the home 5.8 Education and cultural change 5.9 Conclusion -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 3 - The Race Discrimination Act
The RDA was the first Commonwealth unlawful discrimination statute to be enacted and is different in a number of ways from the SDA, DDA and ADA. This is because it is based to a large extent on, and takes important parts of its statutory language from, the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Report No. 35
Pursuant to section 11(1)(f) and 20(1) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), I attach a report of my inquiry into a complaint against the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) and GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd. I have found that acts done on behalf of the Commonwealth were contrary to the human rights of the complainant as… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice14 December 2012Speech
Social Justice and Wellbeing (2010)
I begin today by paying my respects to the Ngunnawal peoples and their elders, whose land we meet on today. I acknowledge their graciousness in sharing their lands and their culture with all those who live and visit here.
Pagination
- First page « First
- Previous page ‹ Previous
- …
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- Current page 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- …
- Next page Next ›
- Last page Last »