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14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Annual Report 2003-2004 : Chapter 9: Race Discrimination
Over the past year increasing trends of prejudice and harassment of particular groups in our community has continued to be an area of significant concern for me. As noted in the 2002-03 annual report, I launched the Isma project in March 2003 in response to increasing concerns expressed by Arab and Muslim organisations about the rise in anti-Arab and anti-Muslim prejudice in Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2008: Overview
After 11 years of conservative rule under the Howard Government, that saw Indigenous peoples’ native title rights and interests severely degraded under the Wik 10 Point Plan, the election of the Labor Government raised an opportunity to renew the relationship between the State and Australia’s Indigenous peoples. -
14 December 2012Book page
12. Education for Children in Immigration Detention
Just send my children to school, and let them be in freedom. They should live in a human good atmosphere, they should learn something good, and not the things they are learning here.(1) -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security review of the power to proscribe organisations as terrorist organisations (the PJCIS Review). -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Post Implementation Review of the Fair Work Act 2009
We have found that employees in the SACS industry are predominantly women and are generally remunerated at a level below that of employees of state and local governments who perform similar work. [6] -
14 December 2012Book page
Bringing them Home - Chapter 26
An entrenched pattern of disadvantage and dispossession continues to wreak havoc and destruction in Indigenous families and communities. This situation has been described in the preceding chapters of this Part. State and Territory legislation, policy and practice in the areas of child welfare, care and protection, adoption and juvenile justice do not comply with the evaluation criteria… -
Legal14 December 2012Webpage
Workplace Relations Amendment (WorkChoices) Bill 2005
Mr John Carter, Secretary Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Committee Department of the Senate Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 By email: eet.sen@aph.gov.au -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees9 July 2013Webpage
Alternatives to detention
Learn about the alternatives to mandatory immigration detention that allow for the protection of the community while ensuring people are treated humanely. -
Disability Rights6 April 2016Speech
NDIS Housing Innovation Showcase
Good morning. I’m pleased to be able to be here with you all today. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Wangal people, and pay respect to their Elders both past and present. There are really only a few things that are more fundamental to us than having a place to live. The right to safe and suitable accommodation is a basic human right, a… -
Rights and Freedoms1 May 2013Webpage
Freedom of movement
Back to rights and freedoms:right by right Article 12 | International scrutiny | Resources | Comments Article 12 ICCPR Article 12 states: Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own. The above-mentioned rights shall not… -
31 January 2013Webpage
1994 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners The 1994 Human Rights Awards presentation ceremony was attended by approximately 500 people at the ABC Centre in Sydney. The Attorney-General, the Hon Michael Lavarch, presented the 1994 Human Rights Medal to Dr
The 1994 Human Rights Awards presentation ceremony was attended by approximately 500 people at the ABC Centre in Sydney. The Attorney-General, the Hon Michael Lavarch, presented the 1994 Human Rights Medal to Dr Roberta Sykes. In addition to the Human Rights Medal, there were 15 awards covering four categories: Media, Literature and Other Writings, Film and Corporate. The Commission… -
31 January 2013Webpage
2005 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners
The 2005 Medal and Awards presentation ceremony was held on 9 December 2005 at a luncheon at the Sheraton on the Park hotel in Sydney. The Human Rights Day address was delivered by Commission President, the Hon. John von Doussa QC and Julie McCrossin was the MC. The judges were: Jonathan Biggins, Justice Catherine Branson, David Cooper, Maurice Corcoran, Nicholas Cowdery QC, Eva Cox, Morag… -
31 January 2013Webpage
2010 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners
2010 Human rIghts Meda Winner: Thérèse Rein the prestigious 2010 human rights medal Thérèse Rein for her longstanding work along side people with a disability. Click here for media release the young people’s human rights medal 25 year old Jack Manning Bancroft for his work with young indigenous Australians. the law award ( sponsored by the law council of australia) The Northern Australian -
Children's Rights14 December 2012Webpage
Children and young people
All types of violence, harassment and bullying are harmful and unacceptable. The Committee on the rights of the child has clearly stated that there are no exceptions to this. To emphasise this he UN Committee on the Rights of the Child[33] defines violence as including all forms of physical and mental violence including forms of violence that may be legal: -
Disability Rights14 December 2012Speech
PWD: past, present and future (2011)
I also particularly acknowledge all of my sisters and brothers with disability, and those of you who have been fellow-travellers in the cause of advocating the rights of people with disability in the past, present and future. That should pretty much cover off everyone in the room. -
Human Resources14 December 2012Webpage
Information for Job Applicants
The primary function of your written application is to provide sufficient information about your skills, knowledge and experience to allow the Selection Committee to assess your suitability for the position and, if interviews are being conducted, whether you should be interviewed for the position. -
14 December 2012Book page
Voices of Australia: Activity sheet 4 - rightsED
You can explore the Voices of Australia activities, which examine life in Australia while considering issues such as discrimination, respect and diversity. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2005 : Recommendations and follow up actions
In accordance with the functions set out in section 46C(1) (a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), this report includes 5 recommendations - 3 in relation to Achieving health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people s and 2 in relation to the new arrangement in Indigenous affairs. The report also contains 5 follow up actions that my office will… -
14 December 2012Book page
Young people in the workplace: Resource sheet 1 - rightsED
This information provides some key points about some of the laws that are relevant to the workplace. It is provided as a guide only and should not be relied upon for legal advice. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
The functions of Health Services Australia, the services it provides and that nature and extent of reports it makes on services provided to and in immigration detention centres (including also the provision of services to people who may be "in immigration detention" but not in a centre (for example, in a nominated hospital, goal, house in the community etc));
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