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Rights and Freedoms
7 June 2024Webpage
How were you affected by COVID measures?
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
7 June 2024Webpage
Close the Gap (2021)
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Children's Rights
7 June 2024Webpage
Impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline (2020)
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Children's Rights
7 June 2024Webpage
Child-friendly version of 'Mental health shapes my life': COVID-19 & kids' wellbeing (2022)
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Children's Rights
7 June 2024Webpage
'Mental health shapes my life': COVID-19 & kids' wellbeing (2022)
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Business and Human Rights
27 May 2024SubmissionAustralia's Anti-Slavery Commissioner
Learn more about the creation of an Australia Anti-Slavery Commissioner and how this could strengthen Australia's response to modern slavery. -
Technology and Human Rights
27 May 2024SubmissionAdopting AI in Australia
Learn more about how Australia can adopt artificial intelligence safely and with respect for human rights. -
Sex Discrimination
23 April 2024Webpage
Research
Access the Commission’s research on issues related to the positive duty, including research conducted in collaboration or partnership with other stakeholders. -
Age Discrimination
22 May 2024VideoLet's Talk Ageing Episode 1: Interview with Human Rights President Rosalind Croucher
Our new 'Let’s Talk Ageing' interview series presents insights from thought-leaders about ageing in Australia and beyond. In the first interview of this series, Age Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM talks with President of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM, about ageing positively and some of the challenges older persons face from… -
Commission – General
23 May 2024Media ReleaseCommission welcomes new President
Commission welcomes new President, Hugh de Krester -
Commission – General
7 June 2024Media Release
Hundreds of advocates support push for Australian Human Rights Act
More than 700 human rights advocates from across Australia, including more than 60 eminent experts, have called on the Federal Government to introduce a Human Rights Act at a major national conference in Sydney today. Buoyed by last week’s Parliamentary Joint Committee On Human Rights recommendations, delegates at the two-day Free + Equal Human Rights Conference pledged their support for the… -
Sex Discrimination
23 April 2024Webpage
Factsheets and other resources
The Commission has developed a range of other resources with information regarding the positive duty, including posters, factsheets, and case studies. -
Legal
30 April 2024PublicationMr BX v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)
Mr BX v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 163 Report into use of force Australian Human Rights Commission 2024 -
Rights and Freedoms
30 May 2024Media Release
Government must seize the moment for a National Human Rights Act
A new parliamentary report recommending a National Human Rights Act as part of a revitalised Human Rights Framework brings Australia closer than ever before to establishing the basic legal protections that Australians need. The report, tabled in Federal Parliament today, includes an example of legislation for a National Human Rights Act, building on decades of work and reinforcing… -
Legal
30 April 2024Submission
Public Sector Whistleblowing Reforms - Stage 2
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Attorney-General’s Department in relation to its November 2023 consultation paper on the second stage of public sector whistleblowing reforms, aimed at improving the effectiveness and accessibility of protections for whistleblowers. -
Age Discrimination
22 May 2024News story
Age Discrimination Commissioner launches new interview series
Find out about 'Let's Talk Ageing', an interview series featuring Australian thought leaders who discuss positive ageing and the challenges facing older people. -
Race Discrimination
30 May 2024Opinion pieceRace Discrimination Commissioner: Why ABC chiefs should back Laura Tingle for calling out racism
This opinion piece by Race Discrimination commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman appeared in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. -
Rights and Freedoms
29 May 2024Opinion piece
In silence, anti-Semitism and racism flourishes
This opinion piece by Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay appeared in The Nightly on Wednesday 27 March 2024. The foundation of universal human rights lies in recognising the inherent dignity and equal rights of every single human being. Human rights can’t be applied selectively. Every Australian, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, or any other distinction, has the… -
Legal
24 April 2024Publication
Mr KO v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2024)
Mr KO v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2024] AusHRC 162 Report into arbitrary detention Australian Human Rights Commission 2024 -
Sex Discrimination
28 May 2024Opinion piece
When it comes to domestic violence, the response cannot be one-size-fits-all
In the past weeks, we have seen tens of thousands of Australians united in a single message: no more violence against women. From the time emergency National Cabinet was called to the time they met; three more women had been killed. We have an epidemic of gendered violence in this country, and we must - and can - do better. On Wednesday, the federal government announced a commitment of $925 …