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Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012SpeechRights for All: A human rights perspective on regional development: Chris Sidoti (1999)
I would like to thank the Royal Australian Planning Institute for inviting me to speak today at Planning in the Hothouse and in particular on this panel, 'Forgotten Communities'. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageInquiry into Better Support for Carers
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (‘HREOC’) makes this submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth (‘the Committee’) in its Inquiry into Better Support for Carers (‘the Inquiry’). -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the future direction and role of the Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee (2010)
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee regarding its Inquiry into the future direction and role of the Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Expert seminar on Indigenous Peoples - Issue 3: Recognising Aboriginal customary law and developments in community justice mechanisms (2003)
This submission is made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) of Australia. It provides an overview of recent developments relating to: -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2009
The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2009 (Complementary Protection Bill). -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechMaguire: Presentation to Ozewai Conference
I've always been fascinated by numbers. Although remembering some of my maths exam results, I'm not so sure that they have been as fascinated by me. If you ask a group of people to say the first number that comes into their heads, you'll get a lot of 7's. Perhaps it's because we all have an intuitive awareness that 7 is the smallest number of faces of a regular polygon that cannot be constructed… -
15 July 2014Book page
Foreword
Review a forward by Professor Mick Dodson on the establishment of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. -
15 April 2014Book page
Who we are
Australia's peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous health bodies, health professional bodies and human rights organisations operate the Close the Gap Campaign. The Campaign's goal is to raise the health and life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to that of the non-Indigenous population within a generation: to close the gap by 2030. It aims to… -
4 June 2015Book page
Appendix 4: Website statistics
Table 38: Website statistics From 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014. Overall Page views Visits Main Commission website 7 138 597 3 614 095 All Commission sub-sites 609 012 285 183 Total 7 747 609 3 899 278 2012-13 5 981 688 2 746 350 Section Breakdown Page views Home page of section Home page 431 631 n/a About 256 153 60 790 News 671 440 10 930 Complaints 326 726 123 347 Education 161 852 11 923… -
30 July 2013Book page
14 Your right to support when someone has died
Losing someone close is very difficult. For that reason, it is important that you are aware of the services and supports that are available when you are bereaved. This chapter provides information about the services that can assist you after the loss of a loved one. 14.1 Income support after bereavement Financial support is available to eligible people to assist with the financial adjustment… -
6 February 2015Book page
Appendix 7 – Departmental policies and procedures
7.1 Framework of Detention 7.2 Children’s Unit 7.3 Treatment of children 7.4 Case managers 7.5 Service providers 7.6 Education 7.7 Child protection The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has provided the Commission with various documents which set out the legal, policy, procedural and training requirements which guide the Department and service provider staff. This Appendix is… -
Rights and Freedoms
11 June 2014Speech
The Forgotten Freedoms – Freedom of Religion
It is a great pleasure to deliver a Blackfriars Lecture. A few weeks ago I gave a speech to the Sydney Institute outlining the approach I plan to take to human rights as the Federal Commissioner titled ‘The Forgotten Freedoms’. In this speech I outlined that I have concerns about the key freedoms of expression, worship, association and property rights. Reasserting them will be the focus of my… -
29 January 2013Book page
Appendix F – Diversity of the Cadet Body at ADFA
The ADFA Attitude Surveys consist of two questionnaires administered at the beginning and end of Year One Familiarisation Training (YOFT) to first year cadets each year from 2004-2009. Some demographic data about the makeup of first year cadets was collected for the purposes of the Surveys, though this was not collected in a consistent way each year. For example, in 2004 biographic data was… -
29 January 2013Book page
Appendix I – Cadet Boards of Review
Taken from Academy Standard Operating Procedures, Chapter 4 – Training Cadets’ performance at ADFA is the subject of Fortnightly Boards of Review (FBOR), Mid-Year Boards of Review (MYBOR) and End of Year Boards of Review (EYBOR). Processes leading to termination of cadets come in the form of adverse administrative action with respect to counselling, Notices to Show Cause (NSC) and options in… -
13 November 2014Book page
President’s statement
This year the Commission finalised its strategic vision for the coming four-year period. The Strategic Plan 2014-2018 provides a roadmap for all our activities and meets the Commission’s new legal obligations under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth). Over the next four years the Commission will work on three core priorities: human rights education and… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: SUMMARY SHEET FOUR: INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING
There has been increased attention over the past year to the nature of the relationship between government and Indigenous peoples. There has been a lot of talk from governments about the need to change the way they interact with and provide services to Indigenous peoples and communities. This has largely occurred as a result of the significant policy focus of Indigenous peoples and governments on… -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: SUMMARY SHEET FIVE: REVIEW OF ATSIC
'In supporting the reunification of ATSIC and ATSIS, I support the retention of the conflict of interest directions within ATSIC by which ATSIC's elected representatives would continue to set policy priorities and to decide the broad program allocation of funding but not have any involvement in making individual funding decisions. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
We appeal to the humanity, decency and sense of fairness of our fellow Australians in respecting the human rights of men, women and children escaping persecution. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The Child and Family Welfare Association of Australia is the national peak body representing non-government organisations working with children and young people experiencing abuse and neglect and their families. The Association represents more than 80 organisations across Australia engaged in child and family welfare service provision, including each State and Territory peak child welfare… -
14 December 2012Book page
Commemorate Human Rights Day: Activity sheet 4 - rightsED
Every year on December 10, we commemorate the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. During 2009, the Australian Government conducted a series of human rights consultations on human rights in Australia.