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6 November 2024Conciliation register
2023-12-01
The complainant alleged the respondent local council failed to provide accessible parking at three local beaches. The council advised it had recently introduced accessible parking at two of the beaches. The council advised accessible parking would be provided at the third beach as part of planned upgrades to parking facilities. The complaint was resolved with an agreement that the council鈥 -
6 November 2024Conciliation register
2023-10-05
The complainant alleged that during her employment with the respondent restaurant her manager slapped her on her bottom in front of customers and that on one occasion, after other staff had gone home, he said 'thank you so much dear' and kissed her on her cheek. She claimed that in response to her raising concerns about this conduct her boss said the manager also hugged and kissed other鈥 -
6 November 2024Conciliation register
2023-10-04
The complainant鈥檚 daughter has Autism Spectrum Disorder and communication difficulties. The complainant alleged the respondent private school declined her daughter鈥檚 application for enrolment and would not provide adjustments to accommodate her daughter鈥檚 disability. The school claimed it requested additional information about the complainant鈥檚 daughter鈥檚 disability, which was not provided鈥 -
6 November 2024Conciliation register
2023-10-03
The complainant has a vision impairment and is accompanied by a guide dog. He alleged that drivers engaged by the respondent ride-share company declined to drive him and his guide dog on multiple occasions. He claimed the drivers originally accepted his trip, but once he requested the passenger seat be moved forward to accommodate his guide dogs, the drivers rejected his trip and directed鈥 -
6 November 2024Conciliation register
2023-10-02
The complainant is 78 years of age and has a significant hearing impairment. He claimed the respondent cinema did not have the appropriate facilities to enable him to hear the film soundtrack. He claimed staff spoke to him abruptly and considered this may not have occurred if he was a younger person. On being notified of the complaint, the cinema indicated a willingness to participate in -
6 November 2024Conciliation register
2023-10-01
The complainant has a mobility disability and sought to park his car in an accessible parking spot at the respondent hotel鈥檚 car park. He claimed there was no accessible parking or courtesy parking for people with disability. The hotel advised it did offer courtesy parking for people with disability but acknowledged the layout of the car park was confusing and that patrons may not easily鈥 -
Business and Human Rights6 November 2024Opinion piece
Pandemic probe: Statistics can鈥檛 capture the loss of trust and confidence
The Covid-19 response inquiry report is an important first step, but there is much more that needs to be done if the government wants to start rebuilding public trust. The number one lesson should be that response measures do not operate in a vacuum. The full human impact needs to be understood and human rights need to be embedded into future emergency responses. The 877-page inquiry report鈥 -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice6 November 2024Opinion piece
The year our Voice broke: The fallout from the failed referendum
鈥淚t鈥檚 gone.鈥 That鈥檚 what Mick Gooda said to me plaintively half an hour into counting the votes to enshrine a First Nations Voice to parliament in our constitution on October 14, 2023. I鈥檇 started that day 鈥 a year ago today 鈥 with a high level of optimism that Australia was going to do this, that Australia would get this right, that Australia would make history. How wrong I was. Instead,鈥 -
Commission - General6 November 2024E-bulletin (Monthly)
President's message | November 2024
Dear friends, I鈥檓 pleased to share the 黑料情报站鈥檚 Annual Report 2023-24 which has been tabled in the Australian Parliament. In my first three months in this role, one of the things that has struck me is the breadth and depth of the Commission鈥檚 work. Our Annual Report highlights this. One of the Commission鈥檚 core functions is providing access to justice for people鈥 -
Race Discrimination5 November 2024Video
Dismantling systemic racism - perspectives from First Nations peoples - Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture 2024
More than 1500 people tuned into the 2024 lecture to learn about 鈥楧ismantling systemic racism 鈥 perspectives from First Nations peoples鈥. Systemic racism, in law, policies and service delivery, has serious and ongoing consequences for First Nations peoples, including poor mental and physical health, economic disadvantage, over-incarceration and social exclusion. CEO of First Nations鈥