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Impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline (2020)

Kids Helpline and the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ have co-authored a report on the impacts of COVID-19 on children and young people who contact Kids Helpline.

Disability Rights

The rights of people in health and disability care during COVID-19

Also available: Easy Read version of the Guidelines 1. Introduction Policy responses to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and associated disease, COVID-19, including isolation and social distancing measures, may in certain circumstances have a greater impact on some people with disability, particularly those who...

Business and Human Rights

Property, Construction and Modern Slavery (2020)

A guide to help the property and construction industry respond effectively to the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth).

Disability Rights

Access under Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport

These Guidelines have been developed by the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (the Commission) to provide clear and practical assistance to facilitate compliance with the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Cth) (the Transport Standards) through the use of equivalent access.

Rights and Freedoms

Freedom of Religion in Australia: a focus on serious harms (2020)

The right to freedom of religion is recognised in international human rights law and receives some protection in Australia’s federal, state and territory laws.

Rights and Freedoms

Implementing OPCAT in Australia (2020)

1. Introduction The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) aims to improve how people’s human rights are protected when they are detained. It does this by providing for a rigorous process of independent inspections of...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice

Close the Gap (2020)

We nurture our culture for our future, and our culture nurtures us. A report prepared by the Lowitja Institute for the Close the Gap Steering Committee | March 2020 Executive Summary With this report — We nurture our culture for our future, and our culture nurtures us — we have sought to reflect the...

Sex Discrimination

Respect@Work: Sexual Harassment National Inquiry Report (2020)

Also available: Webinar series May-August 2020 Community Guide Commissioner’s Foreword Australia was once at the forefront of tackling sexual harassment globally. Women’s organisations in Australia began to press for the legal and social recognition of sex discrimination in the early 1970s. This...