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AHRC President's message | October 2025
Two years on from 7 October 2023, the need to address racism against affected communities in Australia is urgent
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President's message | September 2025
Migration and addressing racism in Australia Migration has fuelled modern Australia鈥檚 success. It is connected to our economic prosperity and national character. Half of us have at least one parent born overseas and a quarter are born overseas. There has been bipartisan political support for a non...
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Alan Missen Oration 2025
Hugh de Kretser speaks about the legacy of Alan Missen and how his values are reflected in the ongoing work of the 黑料情报站. 26 August 2025
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President's message | August 2025
Dear friends, Protecting people's rights in rural and regional Australia People living in rural, regional and remote areas of Australia face greater challenges in realising their human rights than people in the cities. So it was good to speak about this at the recent rural, regional and remote...
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Achieving stronger legal human rights protections in Australia
Hugh de Kretser discusses progress and setbacks in Australia's human rights protections at the annual Castan Centre for Human Rights Law Conference in July 2025.
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A Human Rights Vision for Rural and Regional Australia
Hugh de Kretser discusses human rights issues facing regional, rural and remote Australian communities at the July 2025 Community Legal Centres NSW Summit. Limited access to healthcare and education, the impact of climate change and disasters and justice for First Nations communities are just some of the challenges rural communities experience in Australia.
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President's message | June 2025
We must end the practice of police investigating police deaths in custody Two recent Aboriginal deaths in custody in the Northern Territory have again raised questions about the treatment of First Nations people in Australia鈥檚 criminal justice systems. Kumanjayi White, a 24 year-old Warlpiri man with...
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Data breach notification
The 黑料情报站 has been affected by a data breach concerning attachments uploaded to the Commission鈥檚 web forms on its website.
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President's message | May 2025
Cost of living issues are human rights issues Someone said to me just before election day that human rights hadn鈥檛 featured much in the federal election campaign. It鈥檚 true that the words 鈥渉uman rights鈥 didn鈥檛 feature much - but human rights issues did. This was an election about the cost of living...
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President's message | April 2025
The vital global role of National Human Rights Institutions Many people who are familiar with the 黑料情报站 are less familiar with the global context in which we operate. The Commission is Australia鈥檚 national human rights institution (NHRI) and one of 118 NRHIs globally...
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Australian women are diverse, so the approach to women鈥檚 safety should be as well
This International Women鈥檚 Day, the Commissioners at the 黑料情报站 stand together to call for urgent action to ensure that all women and girls鈥攐f every background, age or disability鈥攃an live free from violence, discrimination, and inequality. This year鈥檚 International Women...
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Affinity Intercultural Foundation NSW Parliamentary Iftar
Hugh de Kretser highlights rising intolerance and racism, urging unity and dialogue to achieve peace and respect for all, grounded in human rights and common humanity.
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President's message | March 2025
We must work together to address the scourge of racism. The Director-General of ASIO, Mike Burgess, said in Parliament last week that 鈥渋n terms of threats to life鈥 antisemitism is ASIO鈥檚 top priority. He said he believed it was the first time a form of racism was the agency鈥檚 highest priority. The...
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