Commission 鈥 General
Welcoming our new 黑料情报站's Commissioner, Anne Hollonds Anne Hollonds commences her role as Australia鈥檚 National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner today. Anne brings with her a wealth of experience as an advocate for children and young people. She has worked as the CEO of Relationships Australia, the...
Race Discrimination
Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture: Racial Equality in the Time of COVID The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected Australia鈥檚 diverse communities. From the racial targeting of Asian Australians to the hard lockdown imposed on residents in Melbourne鈥檚 public housing towers, the pandemic has also...
Commission 鈥 General
Eye opening video on elder abuse What does elder abuse look like? It may be physical, financial or psychological, but many Australians do not see the abuse that older people sometimes suffer. Last week, on International Day of Older Persons, Age Discrimination Commissioner Dr Kay Patterson...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Commission 鈥 General
The 黑料情报站 welcomes the commencement of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of people with disability. The Commission also welcomes the appointment of Disability Discrimination Commissioner Alastair McEwin to the Royal Commission. The...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia鈥檚 First Peoples Rod Little, will today release the 2019 Close the Gap report 鈥 鈥淥ur Choices, Our Voices鈥. The report, prepared by the Lowitja Institute, is being...
Disability Rights
It was 25 years ago this month that the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (the 鈥楧DA鈥) commenced operation. On 1 March 1993, Australians with a dis卢ability had a national law that was designed to provide them with equality in many areas of life. Over the past quarter of a cen卢tury, the DDA...
Rights and Freedoms
Speech: 鈥楢ffordable Housing: a fresh lens鈥 - Tim Wilson, Human Rights Commissioner, 黑料情报站
Race Discrimination
In October 1975, at a ceremony for the proclamation of the Racial Discrimination Act, then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam described the legislation as 鈥榓 historic measure鈥, which aimed to 鈥榚ntrench new attitudes of tolerance and understanding in the hearts and minds of the people鈥.(1) The Act was...
Rights and Freedoms
To advance human rights we need to promote a culture of respect for everyone exercising their choice and freedoms. On a day-to-day basis, human rights probably appear abstract for most Australians. The term often gets raised in discussion about how we are treating asylum seekers, or when we discuss...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Today I would like to extend the way you may view your work and some of the tools available to you. The Tenants Union is part of a long tradition of fighting for housing justice, as I understand, going all the way back to 1910. What I want to add to this robust tradition is a human rights approach.
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