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Disability Rights
9 December 2024SpeechCommissioner Rosemary Kayess is awarded honorary doctorate
Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Rosemary Kayess was awarded a Doctor of Laws honoris causa by the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The honorary degree was conferred in recognition of Commissioner Kayess鈥 immense and growing impact both internationally and in Australia. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
9 December 2024Media ReleaseWomen in immigration detention at serious risk of harassment and violence
The 黑料情报站 has called for significant reform to the country鈥檚 immigration detention system, after a new report into the treatment of women in detention found their rights, safety and wellbeing are being widely overlooked. These failures, it found, are compounding the risk to women of harassment, violence, and ill health. -
Race Discrimination
6 December 2024Media ReleaseMelbourne synagogue arson attack condemned by Commissioners
President Hugh de Kretser, Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman, and Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay today condemned the suspected arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea. -
Race Discrimination
6 December 2024Speech
National Anti-Racism Framework Launch Speech
The National Anti-Racism Framework launch speech by Giridharan Sivaraman emphasises the importance of First Nations-centered anti-racism efforts in Australia. -
Commission - General
5 December 2024SpeechcommUnity + Annual Celebration of Impact
There鈥檚 so many people in this room tonight who have played a big part in my life. This area and its people are close to my heart. Sunshine 鈥 Brimbank - Melton It鈥檚 where I got my real human rights education. -
Commission - General
5 December 2024Speech
Tim McCoy dinner
It鈥檚 pretty special for me being here tonight as the speaker at the Tim McCoy dinner. There鈥檚 so many people in this room tonight who have played a big part in my life - making me a better human rights advocate and a better person. The McCoy Dinner is always a great celebration of the community legal and broader legal aid and social justice sectors. A meeting of the pioneers who set up CLCs鈥 -
Disability Rights
5 December 2024Opinion piece
It鈥檚 time disability reform became an election commitment
In an opinion piece published in The Mandarin, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess urges political leaders to commit to disability reform ahead of the 2025 Federal election. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
4 December 2024Media ReleaseQueensland Bills a major step backwards for the rights of First Nations people
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Ms Katie Kiss has warned that legislation introduced by the Queensland Government late last week was 鈥渁 devastating step backwards for First Nations rights and a blow to respectful relationships between the state government and Indigenous Queenslanders.鈥 The Queensland Parliament repealed the Path to Treaty Act 2023 at鈥 -
Rights and Freedoms
4 December 2024Opinion pieceThe 41,000 urgent priorities our new anti-slavery commissioner has to tackle
In an opinion piece published in the Sydney Morning Herald, Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay reflects on the prevalence of modern slavery in Australia, as she welcomes the appointment of the country's inaugural Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
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