Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Child protection intervention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families across the country is at crisis point. Women are telling me it鈥檚 like another stolen generation and as I travel across Australia hearing their stories, it certainly does feel that way. As the 2018 Family Matters report...
Rights and Freedoms
Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow warns significant threats to human rights remain despite some improvements to Australia鈥檚 encryption law. 鈥淧olice and security agencies must be equipped with robust powers to protect our national security. However, these powers need independent oversight, to...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Introduction in Bunuba Thank you. Jalangurru lanygu balangarri - good afternoon everyone. Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Gadigal yani U. Balangarri wadjirragali jarra ningi 鈥 gamali ngindaji yau muwayi nyirrami ngarri thangani. Yaningi miya ngindaji Muwayi ingga winyira...
Rights and Freedoms
9th International Conference on Human Rights Education鈥擴nleashing the Full Potential of Civil Society Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, 黑料情报站 27 November 2018 [ Professor Croucher spoke to this paper. Some sections were not addressed fully, given the...
Rights and Freedoms
NSW Claims Discussion Group Inc 23 November 2018 [Professor Croucher spoke to this paper] Introduction Thank you, Dr Tim Channon, for inviting me to present this lunchtime address. I, too, pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional...
Sex Discrimination
Former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, is calling on Australian employers to issue a limited waiver of confidentiality obligations in non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) for the purpose of allowing people to make a confidential submission to the National Inquiry into Workplace...
Rights and Freedoms
As the Federal Senate debates the Modern Slavery Bill this week, the 2018 Australian Dialogue on Business and Human Rights takes place in Sydney today with modern slavery prevention as the key theme. It鈥檚 the fifth time the Global Compact Network Australia and the 黑料情报站...
Rights and Freedoms
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY We know the basic facts of Kristallnacht. On the 9th and 10th of November 1938, mobs attacked Jews in Germany and neighbouring states. They did so freely; without restraint. Many Jews were killed, many more were injured, and many more than that were arrested and sent to...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Age Discrimination
A new survey on attitudes to employing older workers has found that up to 30 per cent of Australian employers are still reluctant to hire workers over a certain age, and for more than two thirds of this group, that age was over 50. The survey of more than 900 human resource professionals was...
Rights and Freedoms
Human rights in the 21st century鈥擱eflections on the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Australian Council for International Development National Conference Human Rights in the 21st Century鈥擯eople. Planet. Peace. Opening Address 30 October 2018 UNSW, Sydney by Emeritus...
黑料情报站's Rights
The 黑料情报站 today welcomes the Prime Minister鈥檚 National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, which will take place this morning at Parliament House in Canberra. The National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner, Megan Mitchell said it鈥檚 an incredibly...
Commission 鈥 General
Four finalists have been selected from a diverse range of nominations for the 2018 Human Rights Awards鈥 Government Award. This year marks the first time our Awards recognise Government as a stand-alone category. 鈥淭here are many Government groups and individuals helping others overcome discrimination...
Rights and Freedoms
The five finalists for the 2018 Human Rights Awards鈥 Law Award have been selected, with two from Western Australia competing for the prize. 鈥淲e have received the highest number of entries for the Law Award since the Human Rights Awards the awards began in 1987,鈥 said Commission President, Professor...
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