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Disability Rights
15 February 2024WebpageIncludeAbility Ambassadors
Meet the ambassadors who offer leadership and advice to people with disabilities and advocate for the benefits of employing people with disabilities. -
Disability Rights
16 April 2024Webpage
Ambassador Profile - Tim Ferguson
Acclaimed comedian, screenwriter, author, actor, comedy coach, advocate, and patron of MS Australia, Tim Ferguson talks about disability rights, employment and humour! -
Disability Rights
5 April 2024Webpage
Nas Campanella
Learn about IncludeAbility Ambassador Nas Campanella, a journalist who is blind, providing people with disability a platform to have their stories heard. -
Business and Human Rights
14 December 2012SpeechRaising the Bar: Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights
At ‘Raising the Bar: Leading Sustainable Business in 2008’ Annual National Conference of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility -
Disability Rights
9 April 2024Webpage
Ambassador profile - Simon Katterl
IncludeAbility Ambassador Simon Katterl talks about reforms he's worked on in the disability sector, including at the Royal Commission and in human rights. -
Business and Human Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility (2009)
In our new strategic plan we commit to 'motivating big business to incorporate human rights into their everyday business practice'. -
Disability Rights
22 March 2024Webpage
The IncludeAbility Employer Network - Medibank
Learn how Network Member Medibank recognises that all employees are different, and these differences benefit employees, customers, shareholders and the community. -
Disability Rights
22 March 2024Webpage
The IncludeAbility Employer Network - Herbert Smith Freehills
Discover IncludeAbility Employer Network member Herbert Smith Freehills’ support of employees with a disability or caring for someone with a disability. -
Disability Rights
21 March 2024Webpage
The IncludeAbility Employer Network - Australia Post
IncludeAbility Employer Network member Australia Post believea a diverse and inclusive workplace encourages better connections within communities. -
Disability Rights
21 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. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageIndependent Interim Report on CEDAW
Para 29: The Committee encourages the State party to continue its efforts to tackle the persistent problem of violence against women and urges the State party to adopt national legislation and adopt, implement and adequately fund as a matter of urgency the National Action Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and Their Children, including a mechanism for independent monitoring. -
Disability Rights
12 April 2024Webpage
Ambassador Profile - Paul Harpur
Paralympian, solicitor, academic and Blind Australian of the Year, IncludeAbliity Ambassador Paul offers his thoughts and advice on the value of disability. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 2009
Submission by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs -
Employers18 February 2015Webpage
Age discrimination
Learn how age discrimination occurs when a person is treated less favourably because they are considered to be too old or too young. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Recommendation 1: The Commission recommends that the Australian Government fully incorporate into Australian law its human rights obligations to children, including through the adoption of a federal Human Rights Act. -
Technology and Human Rights
27 May 2021Media ReleaseAustralians Deserve Technology that Protects Human Rights
Learn more about how ethical AI, facial recognition and biometrics technologies can embody human rights if designed and deployed appropriately. -
Education16 December 2014Webpage
Why is racism a problem?
Explore the profound effects of racism on individuals and communities. Learn from personal accounts and research findings. Stand up to racism with us. -
Commission – General
12 October 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)October ebulletin
Eye opening video on elder abuse What does elder abuse look like? It may be physical, financial or psychological, but many Australians do not see the abuse that older people sometimes suffer. Last week, on International Day of Older Persons, Age Discrimination Commissioner Dr Kay Patterson launched a campaign centred on a hard-hitting video that identifies the “red flags” of elder abuse to… -
Commission – General
22 July 2021Webpage
Privacy
This section explains the type of information that is collected by the Commission, how such information is used, under what circumstances and to whom it may be disclosed, and describes security measures in place on the website. -
14 December 2012Book page
It's About Time - Chapter 4
4.1 Introduction 4.2 The key issues 4.3 Workplace relations framework 4.4 Recognising the relationship between paid work and caring work 4.5 Certainty and flexibility in the workplace 4.6 Structural change to support gender and carer equality 4.7 The need for expanded legal rights 4.8 Workplace culture and use of family-friendly policies 4.9 A life cycle approach to work and a universal approach…