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Education13 May 2020Video
Human rights education message for parents and teachers
Teaching or learning about human rights? Maybe mathematics, geography or history? Some lessons to help you in - and out - of the classroom: /education/teachers A unique suite of educational resources for your classroom - be that at home or at school. -
Commission - General
6 May 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)Community update: COVID-19 (May 2020)
Commission News May 2020 Commissioner update COVID-19 Dear friends, As we come to grips with a new way of living (at least for now), we are reminded of how fortunate we are to be living in Australia. Measures to control COVID-19 appear to have been relatively successful鈥攑articularly in comparison with other first world nations. But it has not been without significant sacrifices. The impact鈥 -
Complaint Information Service30 April 2020Webpage
Translations: Fact sheet - Complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act
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Rights and Freedoms
27 April 2020Media ReleaseCommission welcomes COVIDSafe App
The 黑料情报站 has welcomed the COVIDSafe App as an important public health initiative, which can help protect the rights of Australians to health and life. The App also opens the possibility of easing restrictions on other human rights, such as freedom of movement and freedom of association. Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow said, 鈥淭he Commission welcomes the鈥 -
Rights and Freedoms
21 April 2020Opinion piece
Resisting extremism in a pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic spread to this big island of ours, our leaders made a momentous decision: they decided to save as many human lives as possible. This was the right decision. It shows we as a country care about human life above all else. But now we face an even harder question: how to save lives while preventing economic collapse and staying true to our democratic values? In order鈥 -
Rights and Freedoms
9 April 2020E-bulletin (Monthly)
Community update: COVID-19 (April 2020)
Community Alert Commissioner Update - COVID-19 Dear friends, We are living through an extraordinary challenge for our society and our community鈥擜 public health crisis the world has not seen since the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918. These remarkable times have seen our governments take unprecedented measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic to save lives. The actions taken by our 鈥 -
Disability Rights
6 April 2020SubmissionSubmission: People with Disability and the Criminal Justice System (2020)
The 黑料情报站 (the Commission) welcomes the opportunity to provide this submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (the Royal Commission). -
25 March 2020Webpage
Human Rights Awards
The Human Rights Awards recognise contributions of individuals and organisations across Australia who champion human rights, social justice, and equality for all. -
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Race Discrimination
20 March 2020VideoHarmony Day 2020
Working together for greater harmony. 2020 Harmony Day message by Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
18 March 2020Media ReleaseWe say: No more preventable deaths
The Close the Gap Campaign has warned that only systemic reform will make up for the harrowing failure of the last 12 years of government policy on closing the gaps in health equity, social and economic disadvantage for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2020 Close the Gap Campaign report, again written by the Lowitja Institute and released today, sets out a blueprint for鈥 -
Race Discrimination
17 March 2020Media Release
Commemorating one year since the Christchurch mosque attack
Australia鈥檚 Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan and Human Rights Commissioner Edward Santow have commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attack. In a joint statement, they said: 鈥淭he Christchurch massacre was deeply traumatic for New Zealand鈥檚 Muslim community. That trauma has echoed throughout the Muslim community in Australia and internationally.鈥 鈥淥ne year鈥 -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
16 March 2020Publication
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 鈥 We nurture our culture for our future, and our culture nurtures us 鈥 we have sought to reflect the reciprocal and cyclical relationship between culture and wellbeing, whereby nurturing culture鈥 -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
14 March 2020Media Release
Failure to close the gap puts Indigenous communities at increased risk
The Close the Gap Campaign is cancelling its public events to mark Close the Gap Day on Thursday 19 March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to endure higher levels of illness and higher levels of comorbidity. We have three times the rate of preventable admissions to hospital, overcrowded housing and a lack of access to basic health鈥 -
黑料情报站s Rights
11 March 2020Media ReleaseNew Resource to Teach School 黑料情报站 黑料情报站 Digital Health Records
Schools are being given the opportunity to teach students about their rights in managing their digital health records, using a new resource designed by the National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner, Megan Mitchell. Under the My Health Record system, children aged 14 years and over can manage their own records. They may do so independently, or they can grant access to parents or guardians. They may鈥
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