Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ welcomes the reappointment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO. ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ President Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM said Commissioner Oscar would continue to be a strong advocate...
Age Discrimination
LGPro – Local Government Professionals Victoria Active Ageing & Wellbeing Awards Dinner Thursday 31 March 2022 Keynote address: Local Government’s role in promoting active ageing and wellbeing amongst residents Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne (Check against delivery) Introduction...
Sex Discrimination
A statement from Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins: Sexual harassment and sexual assault remain far too prevalent in the Australian community. Women, young people and intersectional groups face unacceptably higher risk of this conduct at home, at work, online and in education, including...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Close the Gap campaign has called for an urgent investment in community-led health services to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country. The 2022 Close the Gap Report: Transforming Power – Voices for Generational Change has 12 recommendations...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO has joined calls for no more guns to be carried by police officers in communities, and has extended her heart and thoughts to the family of Kumanjayi Walker, the Yuendumu community and Warlpiri people at this very...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
OPINION There are moments in history where the forces of what has come before and the energy of the present reconfigure the social and political landscape. In Australia and around the globe, reckoning with misogyny and the interrelated issues of systemic racism and patriarchal destruction has been...
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds and Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins have welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of a national survey exploring consent education of secondary school students across Australia.
Rights and Freedoms
OPINION There is almost 13,000km between Australia and Ukraine. It is literally on the other side of the world. Given the vast distances that separate us, it would be easy to claim that what happens there has nothing to do with us. That Australia should focus instead on the many challenges we...
Age Discrimination
The abuse of older Australians and how to prevent it will be the main focus of the 7th National Elder Abuse Conference this week of which Age Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Kay Patterson AO is the Walk the Talk Ambassador. Hosted by Elder Abuse Action Australia and COTA Tasmania, the National...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
[Introduction in Bunuba] It is a pleasure be speaking to you all today. My name is June Oscar, and I am Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of all the lands across Australia and pay my respects to all elders, past...
Rights and Freedoms
Novak Djokovic’s recent detention at Melbourne’s Park Hotel drew international attention to Australia’s use of hotels as Alternative Places of Detention by immigration authorities. But while Djokovic’s detention was measured in days, others still remaining in the Park Hotel measure their detention...
Rights and Freedoms
OPINION With the McGowan Government announcing earlier this week that the Western Australian hard border will ease on February 5, 2022, Australia is inching ever closer to border closures becoming a thing of the past. But while many of us would like this to be true, it is important to realise that...
Rights and Freedoms
The catalyst of a pandemic Women in Property lunch Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM Acknowledgement Thank you to the Property Council for inviting me to speak to you today—and particularly Jane Fitzgerald whose idea it was. Let me begin by acknowledging the traditional custodians of the land...
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