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Rights and Freedoms
7 March 2025WebpageAustralia鈥檚 Fourth Universal Periodic Review
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a peer-review dialogue undertaken by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and all 192 Member States of the UN. -
Sex Discrimination
7 March 2025WebpageWhere to seek help if you've experienced workplace sexual harassment
Find out what options are available to you to seek help if you have experienced workplace sexual harassment depending on your individual circumstances. -
Commission - General
7 March 2025Media ReleaseAustralian women are diverse, so the approach to women鈥檚 safety should be as well
This International Women鈥檚 Day, the Commissioners at the 黑料情报站 stand together to call for urgent action to ensure that all women and girls鈥攐f every background, age or disability鈥攃an live free from violence, discrimination, and inequality. This year鈥檚 International Women鈥檚 Day theme, 鈥淔or ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment,鈥 is a reminder that鈥 -
Commission - General
6 March 2025Speech
Affinity Intercultural Foundation NSW Parliamentary Iftar
Hugh de Kretser highlights rising intolerance and racism, urging unity and dialogue to achieve peace and respect for all, grounded in human rights and common humanity. -
Race Discrimination
5 March 2025Opinion pieceWould Sam Kerr have been charged if she were a man 鈥 or white 鈥 or straight?
This opinion piece by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody and Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman was published in The Guardian. Imagine how this case would have played out for the thousands of women of colour who don鈥檛 have Kerr鈥檚 platform, financial resources or legal support. Sam Kerr is one of the most celebrated football players in the world. Captain of the鈥 -
Commission - General
4 March 2025E-bulletin (Monthly)
President's message | March 2025
We must work together to address the scourge of racism. The Director-General of ASIO, Mike Burgess, said in Parliament last week that 鈥渋n terms of threats to life鈥 antisemitism is ASIO鈥檚 top priority. He said he believed it was the first time a form of racism was the agency鈥檚 highest priority. The assessment underscored the intensification and severity of the attacks against the Jewish鈥 -
Disability Rights
4 March 2025Media ReleaseCommissioners slam NSW and WA govts over 鈥榮hameful鈥 inaction on accessible homes
Australia鈥檚 Disability and Age Discrimination Commissioners have called out the governments of NSW and Western Australia for failing older people and people with disability by not requiring new homes in their jurisdictions to meet the minimum national accessibility standards in the National Construction Code (NCC).聽
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