Rights and Freedoms
In an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald, Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson says this week's Free Speech Symposium, together with the Prime Minister's decision not to proceed with changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, marks the beginning of a national conversation about free speech. V...
LGBTIQ+
Promoting safe schools and tackling LGBTI bullying, a vital project supported by bipartisan efforts. A speech by Tim Wilson.
Rights and Freedoms
20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne
The legacy of Ian Thorpe鈥檚 鈥渃oming out鈥 is whether corporate Australia will dispel the myth that it won鈥檛 support gay and lesbian Australians reaching their full potential, says Human Rights Commissioner, Tim Wilson, in an opinion piece first published in The Australian. Ian Thorpe won the...
Race Discrimination
Keynote speech to Asian Studies Association of Australia Annual Conference, 鈥淎siaScapes: Contesting Borders鈥
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Friends, today marks the three year anniversary of when the western system, through the Federal Court, recognised the Quandamooka system by acknowledging you as the owners of this land.
Disability Rights
(check against delivery) I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land. I do so not as a formulaic beginning, but as a sincere recognition of the place which the land holds in the lives and culture of our first Australians. I saw much of the disadvantage Aboriginal people experience during my...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. Some of you may recall that I addressed your conference 2 years ago and 2 years before that I spoke at your Council meeting. Obviously, this shows the enormous respect and admiration that I have for all of you as educators. But I think it also shows just how crucial I think that teachers are to progressing our human rights and social justice agenda.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda, wrote in The Australian that the way to tackle alcohol abuse is to empower communities to make decisions about alcohol management that are reasonable, proportionate, and necessary.
Rights and Freedoms
鈥楾he Forgotten Freedoms 鈥 Freedom of Religion鈥 Blackfriars Lecture Australian Catholic University Tim Wilson Human Rights Commissioner 黑料情报站 Tuesday 29 May 2014 Introduction Thank you for your kind introduction. I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional...
Rights and Freedoms
Storms on social media demonstrate we don't need laws to regulate free speech 鈥 social norms are enough Internet outrage tells us more about how we ensure civil conduct face-to-face, than how we behave online. People behave in strange ways online. But social media provides the clearest evidence of...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
From cuts to youth welfare to the new Medicare co-payment, the budget will have a profound impact on Indigenous Australians. In an opinion piece published in The Drum, Mick Gooda asks: will the Federal Government speak to Aboriginal leaders before proceeding? I have spoken with many Aboriginal and...
Rights and Freedoms
Opinion by Human Rights Commissioner, Tim Wilson. First published in The Australian on 17 May 2014. Reform is not the end of debating free speech in Australia, it is the beginning The 鈥渇orgotten freedoms鈥 provide the foundations of our liberal democracy, and we have to reconnect with them. There are...
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