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Technology and Human Rights
5 March 2019Publication
Whitepaper: Human Rights and Technology
Learn more about how Australia can foster innovation and protect human rights through the application of technologies such as ethical AI. -
Sex Discrimination
5 March 2019Media ReleaseGender equality on the golf course
New guidelines for Australian golf clubs are being rolled out today in a bid to stop sex discrimination and increase female participation, which has been sliding over the past 50 years. Golf Australia and the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ found that while clubs offer women and girls opportunities to play and compete, frequently men were given greater opportunities purely because of… -
Sex Discrimination
5 March 2019Publication
Guidelines: Equal opportunity for women and girls in golf (2019)
Participation in sport is a human right. Sport provides physical, social and mental health benefits, and plays a positive role in building communities. For this reason, it is essential that both women and men feel welcome to participate in sport, including golf. -
Legal
25 February 2019WebpageD8 styles
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ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վs Rights
22 February 2019VideoChild Safe Organisations
As part of the Child Safe Organisations project, the Australian Government commissioned the National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner, Megan Mitchell, to lead the development of National Principles for Child Safe Organisations. Find out more at https://childsafe.humanrights.gov.au TRANSCRIPT: https://childsafe.humanrights.gov.au/... -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
13 February 2019Media ReleaseKimberley Suicide report must be turning point for action
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO says the report into the deaths of 13 Aboriginal children and young people must be the turning point for action. The West Australian Coroner Ros Fogliani has today handed down her report into the suicides in the Kimberley region between November 12 and March 2016. Commissioner Oscar said unlike the many… -
Race Discrimination
13 February 2019Media ReleaseReconciliation Australia Barometer shows steady progress, but still work to do
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan have welcomed today’s release of the Reconciliation Barometer. The survey conducted every two years since 2008, measures the progress of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. Among the key findings;… -
Legal
5 February 2019Submission
ParentsNext, including its trial and subsequent broader rollout (2019)
ParentsNext is a compulsory ‘pre-employment’ program applied to targeted recipients of the Parenting Payment. It can result in the suspension, reduction or permanent cancellation of a person’s Parenting Payment for non-compliance. -
Rights and Freedoms
4 February 2019SpeechRoles, responsibilities and challenges
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ—roles, responsibilities and challenges Supreme and Federal Court Judges’ Conference 2019 Hobart, 22 January 2019 Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM [Professor Croucher spoke to this paper] Introduction I begin my presentation by acknowledging the traditional custodians of this land, and pay my respect to the elders, past, present, and emerging…
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