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The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 28 May 2003 under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA") concerning broadcast television captioning.

Under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA") and section 46 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 ("SDA") the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 26 November 2002.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 9 May 2000 under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA") concerning decisions to refuse permits or licenses under the Firearms Act 1973 (WA) and related matters.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application (attached in MS Word format) together with a supporting affidavit (MS Word format) from the Taxi Council of Queensland and the Taxi Council of Western Australia on behalf of their respective members, for exemption from the operation of Part 1.2 of Schedule 1 of the Disability Standards for Accessible Transport 2002 and…

The Australian Human Rights Commission (‘the Commission') gives notice of its decision, on 31 January 2012, on an application by the Australasian Railways Association on behalf of its members for further temporary exemptions pursuant to section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act and part 33A of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport.

Under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA) the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 18 February 2009.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 27 June 2008 under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA") concerning accessibility of a bus service operating as Buchan Bus ‘n Freight.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application (attached in MS Word format) from Tiger Airways, dated 12 November 2007 and received 20 November 2007, requesting exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act and from the provisions of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport so far as to excuse Tiger Airways from liability for failure to provide…

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission gives notice of a decision made on 15 December 2006 under section 57 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 ("DDA"), to permit deferral of provision of wheelchair access on a public transport service known as Airport Direct operating from Shepparton to Melbourne.

Explore a report where the Commission allows the Hervey Bay RSL Club Ltd to defer installing wheelchair access on its courtesy buses.

On 23 September 1999, the federal Government passed the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Act No. 1 1999 (Cth). This law transferred the public hearing and determination process from the Commission to the Federal Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court. This law came into effect on 13 April 2000.

The Hon Catherine Branson was appointed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission on 7 August 2008 and commenced her five year term on 14 October 2008. On 12 July 2009 she additionally became the Human Rights Commissioner.

The Australian Human Rights Commission engages in social media to promote discussion and debate on human rights issues. We welcome feedback and suggestions, and endeavor to respond to messages. We ask that the conversation on our pages is tolerant of other people’s views.

Reports of complaints under the AHRC Act The Commission can inquire into complaints of breaches of human rights under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act). When the Commission receives a complaint of an alleged breach of human rights the Commission will attempt to resolve the complaint through conciliation. If conciliation is unsuccessful and the Commission finds…