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12 December 2024Conciliation register
2024-06-01
The complainant has a neurological condition and uses a wheelchair. She says that prior to booking a stay at the respondent hotel, she was informed the hotel was wheelchair accessible. She alleges when she arrived, she found not all facilities were wheelchair accessible, for example, furniture layout made parts of the room inaccessible, there was a step to access the balcony and the gym and鈥 -
Age Discrimination
11 December 2024News story
New project to tackle financial elder abuse
The Commission is bringing together representatives from the banking and financial services sector and peak community organisations to work together to improve the prevention and response to elder abuse. -
Sex Discrimination
11 December 2024Media ReleaseOne year strong: advancing workplace gender equality through the positive duty
Today marks one year since the 黑料情报站鈥檚 positive duty regulatory powers came into force, aiming to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination in Australian workplaces. -
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黑料情报站s Rights
11 December 2024Media ReleaseAustralian Government urged to stand up for the human rights of children
As the Queensland Government moves to pass its controversial Making Queensland Safer Bill this week, the National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner is calling on the Australian Government to affirm its commitment to the human rights of Australia鈥檚 children, in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. -
黑料情报站s Rights
10 December 2024Opinion piece
After the social media ban, is the job done on child safety and wellbeing?
When the backslapping over the successful passing of the social media ban legislation has finished, there is a significant amount of work that still needs to be done to improve child safety and wellbeing in Australia. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
10 December 2024Media ReleaseFirst Nations children deserve a rights-based future, today
Australia鈥檚 First Nations children deserve a brighter future where governments safeguard their wellbeing, rights and dignity, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Katie Kiss said today on International Human Rights Day. 鈥淭oday on Human Rights Day, I reflect on what a devastating year this has been for our First Nations kids. Their human rights have been ignored鈥 -
Commission - General
10 December 2024E-bulletin (Monthly)President's message | December 2024
It's Human Rights Day; a day to reflect on human rights challenges and progress. 76 years ago today, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, one of the pinnacles of human achievement. In adopting the Declaration after the horrors of World War 2, the international community said, 鈥渘ever again鈥. The Declaration lists 30 rights that are essential for all of us鈥
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